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This '''timeline of [[Animal Liberation Front]] (ALF) actions''' describes the history, consequences and theory of [[direct action]] on behalf of animals by [[animal liberation movement|animal liberation]] activists using, or associated with the ALF.

From the [[Animal Liberation Front#Origins|ALF's formation in 1976]] to the present day the direct actions have included two distinct categories of tactics, with activists often using both tactics together;

*The removal of animals from laboratories, and/or releasing them from [[fur farm]]s, and other animal-based industries. 
*The sabotage of animal-based industries, such as; [[slaughterhouse]]s, [[butcher]]s, [[Livestock|farms]], [[Circus#Animal acts|circus]]es, [[Greyhound racing|greyhound stadiums]], and [[pet store|pet shops]], or businesses involved in (or with) [[animal testing]] organizations, using tactics such as; [[vandalism]], [[arson]], [[intimidation]], [[incendiary device]]s and [[hoax]] bombs.

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==1970s==

;1976

* Two years after [[Ronnie Lee]] and Cliff Goodman had been charged for the raid on the Oxford Laboratory Animal Colonies in [[Bicester]], as part of the [[Band of Mercy]], the "Bicester Two" as they were known; Lee emerged even more militant than before. There had been daily demonstrations at the court during their trial, including Lee's local Labour MP [[Ivor Clemitson]]. He then collected up the remaining activists from the Band of Mercy upon his release, including another two dozen new willing activists, 30 in all, and the Animal Liberation Front was born. 
* It was reported that in early operations by the ALF, individuals targeted [[slaughterhouse]]s, [[fur]]riers, [[butcher]]s shops, circuses, breeders and fast-food restaurants, causing £250,000 in the first year alone.<ref name=Monaghan160>{{Cite journal|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/09546559908427538|title=Terrorism in the name of animal rights|first=Rachel|last=Monaghan|date=1 December 1999|journal=Terrorism and Political Violence|volume=11|issue=4|pages=159–169|via=Taylor and Francis+NEJM|doi=10.1080/09546559908427538|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W7fny_HfSQMC&pg=PA1|title=The Future of Terrorism|first1=Maxwell|last1=Taylor|first2=John|last2=Horgan|date=16 July 2000|publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] US|isbn=9780714680903|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*First recorded fur farm raid, with 1,000 foxes released from Dalchonzie fur farm in [[Scotland]].<ref name=Manney>[[Keith Mann|Mann, Keith]]. ''From Dusk 'til Dawn: An insider's view of the growth of the Animal Liberation Movement'', Summary of Dates, Puppy Pincher Press, 2007.</ref>
;1977
*After the ALF cause $80,000 damage at Condiltox Laboratories, in London, England, the company closes. It is claimed as a victory for direct action by the ALF.<ref name=Manney/>
;1977
*One of the first ALF actions in Netherlands is reported, with activists removing hens from an intensive farming unit in Eindoven.<ref name="Manney"/>
;1979
*A cat, two dogs, and two guinea pigs, are taken from New York University Medical Center,<ref name=ALPOhistory>[http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/history.htm#guide "History of the Animal Liberation Movement"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070705235527/http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/history.htm#guide |date=2007-07-05 }}, North American Animal Liberation Press Office.</ref><ref>[http://www.animalliberationfront.com/ALFront/Actions-USA/alfusa.htm "Monumental Animal Liberation Front Actions - United States"], Animal Liberation Front website.</ref> the first ALF raid in the United States.<ref name="Manney"/>

==1980s==

===1981===

;September
In ''Monkey Business'', by Kathy Snow Guillermo, she writes that the first ALF action in the United States was the removal of the so-called [[Silver Spring monkeys]], who were being cared for by the [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals]] (PETA) in a safehouse. They were kept there are after a [[animal research|researcher]] from the Institute of Behavioral Research in Silver Spring, Maryland, had blatantly acted in violation of the animal cruelty legislation for laboratory practice. The animals were then returned five days later, after learning that legal action against the researcher could not proceed without the monkeys.<ref name=Guillermo>Guillermo, Kathy Snow. ''Monkey Business'', National Press Books, pp. 69-72.</ref>

===1982===
;24 December
The president of [[PETA]], [[Ingrid Newkirk]], writes that an activist codenamed "Valerie" flew to England, after the publicity triggered by the Silver Spring monkeys case. She was directed by Ronnie Lee to a training camp for activists, who at the time was working for the [[British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection|BUAV]], before returning to Maryland and breaking into [[Howard University]]. Twenty-four cats were removed by the ALF cell she had founded, with some of the cats suffering from back legs that were crippled.<ref>[[Ingrid Newkirk|Newkirk, Ingrid]]. ''Free the Animals: The Amazing True Story of the Animal Liberation Front'', 2000.</ref><ref name=Best21>[[Steven Best|Best, Steven]] in Best & Nocella (eds), ''Terrorists or Freedom Fighters'', Lantern Books, 2004, p. 21.</ref><ref name=Lowe>Lowe, Brian M. ''Emerging Moral Vocabularies''. Lexington Books, 2006, p. 92.</ref><ref name=Rudacille136>Rudacille, Deborah. ''The Scalpel and the Butterfly: The Conflict Between Animal Research and Animal Protection''. University of California Press, 2001, p. 136: Rudacille quotes Jo Shoesmith, an attorney and long-time animal rights activist in the U.S., who says that Newkirk's account of "Valerie" is not only fictionalized, as Newkirk acknowledges, but "totally fictitious."</ref>

=== 1984 ===
;May 28
The Head Injury Lab of the [[University of Pennsylvania]] is raided by the ALF with $60,000 worth of damage caused,<ref name="splc" /> and 60 hours worth of video tapes stolen which shows researchers laughing and joking as they cause brain damage to [[baboon]]s. PETA then released the documentary ''[[Unnecessary Fuss]]'', causing the chief veterinarian to lose his job.<ref>McCarthy, Charles R. [http://onlineethics.org/reseth/nbac/hmccarthy.html "Reflections on the Organizational Locus of the Office for Protection from Research Risks"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070423073833/http://onlineethics.org/reseth/nbac/hmccarthy.html |date=2007-04-23 }}, ''Online Ethics Centre for Engineering and Science'', 28 October 2004; accessed 2 October 2006: On the basis of ''[[Unnecessary Fuss]]'', PETA petitioned the Office for Protection from Research Risks (OPRR) to have the University of Pennsylvania's head injury lab closed down. The OPRR initially refused to act on the basis of edited material and after more than a year of refusing to turn over the original tapes, PETA eventually did so. The edited tape was found to have "grossly overstated the deficiencies in the Head Injury Clinic", but OPRR also found serious violations of accepted procedure.</ref>

;9 December
The [[City of Hope National Medical Center]] is raided by the ALF totaling $400,000 in costs.<ref name="splc"/>

===1985===
;20 April
Sixteen ALF activists take 468 animals, including a five-week-old [[macaque]] named [[Britches (monkey)|Britches]], after raiding the [[University of California]], and cause $700,000 in damages.<ref name="splc"/> After the raid, which the ALF filmed, eight of the seventeen projects involving the use of animals at the laboratory, which were currently going on, were stopped, because of the footage.<ref name=Best22>[[Steven Best|Best, Steven]] in Best & Nocella (eds), ''Terrorists or Freedom Fighters'', Lantern Books, 2004, p. 22.</ref>  The University said "years of medical research were lost".<ref>[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB2994DB6EFF96B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Group raids labs, takes animals], Associated Press, in ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', April 22, 1985.</ref>

===1986===
;October 26
The [[University of Oregon]] laboratory is attacked in Eugene with $120,000 worth of damage.<ref name="splc"/>
;December 23
A bomb package inside a [[Binns (department store)|Binns department store]] was discovered in [[Newcastle-upon-Tyne]] city centre in England. The area was evacuated and a bomb disposal team defused the device. A woman claiming to be from the ALF claimed responsibility in a telephone call to [[Metro Radio]], with the intention to damage the store in protest against Binns selling animal fur.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/bomb-terror-festive-crowds-newcastle-1986959|title=Bomb terror for festive crowds in Newcastle|date=26 March 2013}}</ref>

===1987===
;April 15
Two years and two weeks after 500 animals were taken from the University of California, an ALF arson is claimed at the Animal Diagnostics Laboratory, causing $5.1 million, one of the largest and most costly actions yet for the [[animal rights movement|movement]].<ref name="splc"/>
;November 28
"ALF" and "murderers" is spray-painted at V. Melani, which is set on fire causing $200,000 in damages. The company are a  poultry distribution company in Santa Clara, California.<ref name="splc"/>

===1989===
;April
*On the 2nd, one of the laboratories at the Veterans Administration hospital is set on fire, a part of the [[University of Arizona]], causing $500,000 worth of damage.<ref name="splc"/>
*Timed [[incendiary device]]s are left at a [[meat industry|meat company]] on the 13th April, the ALF claim the fire.<ref name="splc"/>
;July 4
Equipment, computer and records are smashed after the ALF raid [[Texas Tech University]], with an estimated $700,000 in damages.<ref name="splc"/>

==1990s==

===1990===

;March 17
[[Harlan (company)|Harlan Interfauna]] is raided by [[Keith Mann]], [[Barry Horne (activist)|Barry Horne]] and Danny Attwood, as part of a small ALF cell. The activists entered the animal units through holes they punched in the roof, removing 82 beagle puppies and 26 rabbits. They also removed documents listing Interfauna's customers, which included [[Boots Group|Boots]], [[Glaxo]], [[Beechams]], and [[Huntingdon Life Sciences|Huntingdon Research Centre]], as well as a number of universities. A vet who was an ALF supporter removed the tattoos from the dogs' ears, and they were dispersed to new homes across the UK. As a result of evidence found at the scene and in one of the activists' homes, Mann and Attwood were convicted of conspiracy to burgle and were sentenced to nine months and 18 months respectively.<ref name=Arkangel>[http://www.directaction.info/barry/barry.htm "The man, the activist"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031220211656/http://www.directaction.info/barry/barry.htm |date=2003-12-20 }}, first published in ''[[Arkangel (magazine)|Arkangel]]''.</ref><ref name=Mann267>[[Keith Mann|Mann, Keith]]. ''From Dusk 'til Dawn: An insider's view of the growth of the Animal Liberation Movement''. Puppy Pincher Press, 2007, pp. 267-275.</ref>

===1991===
;10 June
[[Rod Coronado]], and the ALF, raid [[Oregon State University]] and set timed incendiary devices in building, with $62,000 in damage done to the [[animal research|experimental mink]] farm.<ref name="splc"/>
;15 December
A mink pelt drying company, Hynek Malecky facility, is set fire by the ALF, with costs estimated at  $96,000. The raid is claimed as the ALF and Rod Coronado is later charged with the arson.<ref name="splc"/>

===1992===
;28 February
Another mink research facility is attacked, [[Michigan State University]], again another arson, this time causing substantially more damage at the cost of $1.2 million. Rod Coronado was charged with the attack, with [[PETA]] donating $42,000 towards his legal defense.<ref name="splc"/> An extensive autobiographical account can be found in the book ''[[Recipes for Disaster: An Anarchist Cookbook]]'', which details the materials, methodology, and tactics needed to carry out such an attack and other forms of direct action.

===1995===
;January
In [[Henrietta, New York]], two trucks belonging to Conti Packing Co are set on fire by the ALF.<ref name="splc"/>
;14 April
The ALF use an incendiary device, causing $6,000 in damages at Oneata Beef Company, Syracuse, New York.<ref name="splc"/>
;15 June
[[Tandy Corporation|Tandy Leather]], in Utah is set on fire causing $300,000 in damage, the action is claimed by the ALF.<ref name="splc"/>
;24 December
Three Dutch Girl Ice Cream trucks in Eugene, Oregon, have incendiary devices placed under them by the ALF, costing $15,600.<ref name="splc"/>

===1996===
;2 April
An Egg Products store in Salt Lake City is burned to the ground, with also the ALF destroying two trucks that were owned by the company. The damage totaled $100,000.<ref name="splc"/>
;October
*In Detroit, Oregon, 27th, a [[United States Forest Service|U.S. Forest Service]] truck is set on fire. The claim is a joint one by the ALF and the [[Earth Liberation Front]] (ELF), a similar movement who formed in 1992.<ref name="splc"/>
*Three days later, a U.S. Forest Service Oakridge Ranger Station is burned down in Eugene, Oregon, causing $5.3 million, also claimed by both the ELF and the ALF.<ref name="splc"/>
;12 November
The ALF claim that they have thrown a firebomb through the window of the Alaskan Fur Company, in Bloomington, Minnesota, the damages is estimated at over $2 million.<ref name="splc"/>

===1997===
;15 February
[[Butyric acid]] is left in a [[McDonald's]] by the ALF, a chemical that leaves a foul smell, and also "McShit, McMurder, McDeath" is spraypainted on the walls of the bathroom in Michigan.<ref name="splc"/>
;March
*Another joint claim by the ALF and the ELF of a series of firebombings on 11 March, destroying the offices of the Agricultural Fur Breeders Co-Op and four trucks, in Utah, costing an estimated $1 million.<ref name="splc"/>
*Three days later, the "Animal Liberation Front - Eco-Animal Defense Unit" claim the [[tree spiking|spiking]] of 47 trees in a clearcut area, Oregon. The action is also claimed by the ALF and the ELF.<ref name=sb9>[[Steven Best|Best, Steven]] and Best & Nocella. ''Igniting a Revolution: Voices in Defense of the Earth'', [[Lantern Books]], 2006, p. 56.</ref>
*On the 18th, nearly ten years after the $5.1 million arson at the University of California by the ALF, the "[[Bay Area]] Cell of the Earth and Animal Liberation Front"<ref name="sb9"/> set fire to the Center for Comparative Medicine facility, which was under construction at the time.<ref name="splc"/>
* On the same day, Montgomery Furs is torched by the ALF, the store is a trapping supply firm in Utah.<ref name="splc"/>
;19 April
In Indiana, the ALF set fire to a truck belonging to Archer's Meats.<ref name="splc"/>
;21 July
A [[napalm]] is used by the ALF and ELF against Cavel West, a [[horse slaughter]]ing abattoir based in Oregon, calling the device "[[vegan]] Jell-o". The plant is reported destroyed.<ref name="splc"/>
;August
* On the 16th, in Utah, a McDonald's restaurant is completely burned to the ground by four ALF activists, totaling $400,000 worth of damage in total.<ref name="splc"/>
* The very next day, two [[Molotov cocktail]]s are thrown through the window of Cosmo's Furs, in Illinois, claimed by the ALF.<ref name="splc"/>
*Only a couple of days later, on 19 August, the Wildlife Pharmaceuticals in, Colorado, is set on fire by the ALF.<ref name="splc"/>
*Several trucks are set on fire belonging to Jersey Cuts Meat Co, in New Jersey, on the 26th, with the ALF claiming responsibility. Three of the trucks are completely destroyed, each costing $60,000.<ref name="splc"/>

===1998===
;28 February
A window is broken at The Outdoorsman Sport Shop, which is then used by the ALF to set fire to the building in Indiana. Slogans were also painted at the store.<ref name="splc"/>
;4 May
The Florida Veal Processors Inc, in Florida, is burned to the ground causing half a million dollars in damage. The ALF then claim to have carried out the action.<ref name="splc"/>
;28 June
A joint claim is made by the ALF and the ELF for an arson attack at the [[U.S. Department of Agriculture]], a control building located in Olympia, Washington.<ref name="splc"/>
;16 July
Nearly a year after the previous set of meat trucks were destroyed in New Jersey, another truck is destroyed, this time belonging to Steven Corn Furs, the action is claimed again by the ALF. Furthermore, present in this vehicle was a drive-along Barbie truck belonging to Steven Corn's daughter. The truck was destroyed as well.<ref name="splc"/>
;August
The ALF claimed responsibility for releasing into the wild up to 6,000 mink from a [[mink farm]] in Ringwood, UK.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/148120.stm Animal rights group claims responsibility for mink release] ''BBC News'', 9 August 1998. Retrieved 2 October 2006.</ref> About 2,000 of the minks were immediately recaptured, another 2,000 were killed and the rest remained unaccounted-for at the time the incident was reported. [[Anti-fur]] activists denounced the action as "a disaster for the [anti-fur] campaign, and it's a disaster for the mink". The action was described by a [[Royal Society for the Protection of Birds]] spokesman as an "act of monumental stupidity,"<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/148420.stm Anti-fur campaigners slam mink release] ''BBC News'', 11 August 1998. Retrieved 2 October 2006.</ref> amid fears that the [[non-native species|non-native]] [[carnivorous]] minks would cause ecological damage. The ALF said it would continue its campaign until the British government introduced new animal-welfare legislation for animals used by the fur industry.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/153504.stm Activists warn of more mink releases] ''BBC News'', 18 August 1998. Retrieved 2 October 2006.</ref>
;November
*On the 16th, another arson occurs in New Jersey by the ALF, they target a Leather and Fur Ranch van.<ref name="splc"/>
*The ALF & ELF release 500 wild horses and torch the [[Bureau of Land Management]] in Burns, Oregon, on 29 November. This is claimed in protest of BLM's intention to round up the wild horses and process them for the sale of [[horsemeat]].<ref name="splc"/><ref name="sb9"/>

=== 1999 ===
;27 March
Six vehicles are firebombed by the ALF that are owned by Big Apple Circus in New Jersey.<ref name="splc"/>
;5 April
Dozens of research animals are taken from the [[University of Minnesota]]'s laboratories, as well as the property vandalised. The raid is claimed by the ALF.<ref name="splc"/>
;9 May
* The ALF target Chilrder's Meat Co., in Oregon, destroying a refrigeration unit, a shipping dock and a two-story building. The fires are estimated to have caused $150,000 in damage.<ref name="splc"/>
;25 June
A Worldwide Primates truck is destroyed by the ALF in Miami, Florida.<ref name="splc"/>
;August
* In Wisconsin on the 9th, United Feeds, a feeder supplier to mink farms, is burned to the ground. Gene Myer's Fur Farm is then raided, releasing mink into the wild, with both actions claimed by the ALF.<ref name="splc"/>
* Forty six dogs are taken from Bio-Devices Inc, California, on 29 August. The [[animal testing|research laboratory]] is also set on fire, causing $250,000 in damages, with the ALF claiming responsibility.<ref name="splc"/>
* Two days later, the ALF burn down a McDonald's restaurant in Georgia to the ground. It is reported that [[Bruce Friedrich]], of [[PETA]] announces the news on an animal rights website.<ref name="splc"/>
;23 September
The ALF claim an arson at Phippsburg Sportsmen's Association, Massachusetts, although their attempts fail.<ref name="splc"/>
;22 October
Four vehicles belonging to Harris Furs are torched by the ALF in Rhode Island.<ref name="splc"/>
;November
* On the 1st, a [[Gap (clothing retailer)|Gap]] clothes store has four petrol bombs thrown inside, which the FBI claimed the ALF were responsible for.<ref name="splc"/>
* British documentary-filmmaker Graham Hall told police that he was kidnapped and branded with the letters "ALF" across his back after meeting a man claiming to have information on a dog-fighting ring and filming ALF activists.<ref name=BBCbranded>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/507947.stm|title=UK &#124; Film-maker 'branded in attack'|website=[[BBC News]]|date=6 November 1999}}</ref> His film was shown on Channel 4 in the UK during the 1998 hunger strike of ALF activist [[Barry Horne (activist)|Barry Horne]]. Hall said he was taken by several masked men, one of whose voices he said he recognized from a previous gathering of activists, to an unknown house, then was tied to a chair for several hours and branded. No charges were laid as a result of his complaint. In response to the attack, [[Robin Webb]] stated "The ALF's policy has always been that there should be no harming life in its work, and we abide by that. There are probably many people with grudges against Mr Hall because of his films over the years, but this attack has nothing to do with us."<ref name=BBCbranded/>

==2000==

* Set fire to buildings and trucks at a meatpacking plant, causing $250,000 in damage.<ref name="splc"/>
* Placed five incendiary devices in buildings and trucks at a chicken farm, destroying two trucks.<ref name="splc"/>
* Attempted to burn down a medical research facility.<ref name="splc"/>
* Burned a chicken feed truck, causing $100,000 in damage.<ref name="splc"/>

==2001==

* Set fire to an egg farm, causing $1.5 million damage.<ref name="splc"/>
* Set fire to a [[University of Washington|university horticulture property]], causing $5.6 million damage and wrecking years of research.<ref name="splc"/>
* $500,000 damage in an arson attack on a [[McDonald's]] restaurant.<ref name="splc"/>
* $1 million damage in arson fire at a [[Coulston Foundation|research center]], issued a bomb scare to the owner's home and mailed him razors.<ref name="splc"/>
* Smashed more than 30 windows at a [[Bank of America|bank]].<ref name="splc"/>
* Destroyed a research lab, causing $50,000 in damage.<ref name="splc"/>
* An incendiary device damaged several cars outside the home of a [[Old Surrey Burstow and West Kent Hunt|hunt master]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/jan/11/hunting.ruralaffairs|title=ALF suspected of hunt attack|date=11 January 2001|website=The Guardian|first=Paul|last=Kelso}}</ref>
* Stole an entire [[Beagling|hunting pack]] of 45–55 [[Beagle]]s from [[Wye College]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1313386/Animal-extremists-steal-Beagle-pack.html|title=Animal extremists steal Beagle pack|first=David|last=Sapsted|date=6 January 2001|via=www.telegraph.co.uk|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604001454/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1313386/Animal-extremists-steal-Beagle-pack.html|archivedate=4 June 2011}}</ref>
*Stole 30 [[Beagle]]s and 10 [[ferret]]s from [[Marshall Farms]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Milloy |first1=Steven |title=When Does Activism Become Terrorism? |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/when-does-activism-become-terrorism |website=Fox News |accessdate=29 March 2020 |date=25 March 2015}}</ref>
*[[Barry Horne (activist)|Barry Horne]], Britain's most notorious animal rights militant ALF and [[Animal Rights Militia|ARM]] activist, dies during his fourth [[hunger strike]] during a 18-year prison sentence for his campaign of [[arson]].<ref name="horne">{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/animal-rights-activist-dies-after-hunger-strike-1.402644|title=Animal rights activist dies after hunger strike|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|date=5 November 2001}}</ref>

==2002==

* Sabotaged a biotech plant under construction and wrecked construction equipment.<ref name="splc"/>
* Set fire to a poultry truck.<ref name="splc"/>
* In an unknown location, a billboard advertising chicken was [[Subvertising|subvertised]] by the ALF.<ref>[http://www.peta.org/feat/atspring2002/largeimages/tofubb.jpg Tofu billboard] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526222943/http://www.peta.org/feat/atspring2002/largeimages/tofubb.jpg |date=2011-05-26 }}, ''[[PETA]]'', Spring 2002.</ref>
* Activists broke into a fur farm in Bure, eastern France and release 1,000 of 17,000 mink from their cages on 11 November, damage was estimated at $30,000.<ref>[http://www.directaction.info/news_nov11_02.htm Activists release 1000 mink], ''[[Bite Back]]'', 11 November 2002.</ref><ref>"Animal rights activists free 1,000 animals from mink farm", ''[[Associated Press]]'', 11 November 2002.</ref>
*The next day, animal rights activists were again blamed for an arson attack at a Tyneside factory. The beef plant, near Newcastle, UK, was described as an attack against the meat industry. Detectives claimed a link between the £30,000 fire and a series of fires started across the region at a cost of £17 million, reporting that two individuals burnt a refrigerator trailer which contained meat at around 8 pm. The fire then spread to the next trailer and burnt for around two hours until some forty fire fighters contained the blaze.<ref>[http://www.directaction.info/news_nov12_02.htm Arson destroys meat trucks], ''[[Bite Back]]'', 12 November 2002.</ref><ref>"Cops in arson probe as meat trailers hit", ''[[Evening Chronicle]]'', 12 November 2002.</ref>
*On the 24th, police said that 118 puppies and 10 adult dogs were taken from a farm west of Bologna, in Italy, that bred dogs for animal research. "Murderers" and "ALF will free all" was daubed on the walls of the building.<ref>[http://www.directaction.info/news_nov24a_02.htm 129 dogs liberated from vivisection breeder], ''[[Bite Back]]'', 24 November. 2002.</ref><ref>"'Terrorists' steal 128 beagles", ''[[Associated Press]]'', 24 November 2002.</ref>

==2003==
;3 January
An animal feed company, supplying the Puckeridge Hunt in Hertfordshire, was completely burnt to the ground with "Fox killers" painted over a nearby church. The fire caused £250,000 worth of damage, roaring through the 1828 Grade 2 listed barn before spreading to the adjacent building, Stocking Pelham Hall. As fire fighters tried to save the hall, the owner remarked that the heat was extraordinary, and that the building was ablaze from end to end.<ref>[http://www.directaction.info/news_jan03_03.htm Arson Atrack on Hunt Supplier], ''[[Bite Back]]'', 3 January 2003.</ref><ref>"Arson Attack on Hunt Supplier", ''Herts Essex News'', January 2003.</ref>
;February
*On the 4th, activists calling themselves the "Groundhog Crew", because of the action coinciding with ''Groundhog day'', cut forty-eight brake and refrigeration system lines of trucks belonging to the Supreme Lobster and Seafood Company in Chicago. "ALF—No Brakes" was left on the door of the building, which was considered to mean the Animal Liberation Front. The communique claimed that the largest lobster distributor in the Midwest had killed over a billion sea creatures in the last quarter century.<ref>[http://www.directaction.info/news_feb04_03.htm ALF Cuts Brake Lines of 48 Trucks], ''[[Bite Back]]'', 4 February 2003.</ref> The FBI claimed that the action caused a "near catastrophic effect", although nobody was hurt in the incident.<ref>Virginia Groark and Jon Yates. "Lobster firm fleet vandalized; Animal-rights group suspected; FBI is called in", ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', February 4th 2003.</ref>
*In the very first fur farm raid in Ireland,<ref>[http://www.directaction.info/news_oct11_03.htm Video/slideshow/picture release from a fur farm], ''[[Bite Back]]'', October 11th 2003.</ref> the ALF released 1,000 mink from a farm in Co Laois, by removing the fencing that surrounded the mink enclosure. The activists said they had opened the cages on February 19, allowing the mink to escape into the [[Grand Canal (Ireland)|Grand Canal]]. In a statement, the ALF explained:<ref name=makingmink>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20040208/ai_n12886597 Making a Mink from Mink], ''[[Sunday Mirror]]'', February 8th 2004.</ref><ref>[http://www.directaction.info/news_feb19_03.htm 1000 Mink released in fur farm raid], ''[[Bite Back]]'', February 19th 2003.</ref>

{{blockquote|Our motivation was that of putting compassion over greed, of pity over barbarity and of freedom over exploitation.}}

;March
*The ''[[News & Review]]'' publish an article on the 6th after receiving a note regarding a pair of incendiary devices left at a McDonald's restaurant in Chicago. The explosive devices, that failed to go off, were two jugs filled with flammable liquid, which subsequently shut down the building for two hours while police and federal investigators handling the situation, with reporters also crowding the scene. The devices were eventually dismantled by the Butte County Sheriff's Office's bomb experts, after an employee had discovered one device in the morning. The ALF claimed responsibility by leaving a typed note at a payphone nearby, and said they carried out the action because the companies' connection to the factory farming industry, that was based on [[specieism]].<ref>[http://www.newsreview.com/chico/Content?oid=25398 Don't have a cow, man], ''[[News & Review]]'', March 6th 2003.</ref>
*On the 25th, authorities reported that the Rancho Veal plant in California was targeted again by arsonists, returning after the $250,000 arson in 2003. This time the fire only caused $10,000 worth of damage, with "stop the killing" painted on the back of the building. The owner of the business said that "It gets old, it gets real tiresome".<ref>[http://www.directaction.info/news_mar25_03.htm Arsonist hits Rancho Veal slaughterhouse again], ''[[Bite Back]]'', 25 March 2003.</ref><ref>[http://www.pressdemocrat.com/local/news/25fire_b3.html Arsonist hits Rancho Veal slaughterhouse again]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[The Press Democrat]]'', 25 March 2003.</ref>
;April
Wallops Wood Farm at [[Droxford]], [[Hampshire]], is raided by 16 members of the ALF and 1,000 chickens are "liberated", with activists claiming damage to cages, eggs, conveyor belts, feed apparatus, equipment, food stores, staff toilets, canteen, rearing shed and a delivery truck. The raid came after an injunction against ALF, SHAC and other groups restricting campaigners for their annual Easther march, banning "abusive communications with the [[Huntingdon Life Sciences]] (HLS), following the long-standing campaign against the company.<ref name="april">[http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/uk/Chickens-freed-by-rights-group.2421669.jp Chickens freed by rights group], ''The Scotsman'', April 24th 2003.</ref><ref name="alf03">[http://www.directaction.info/news_apr25_03.htm ALF Communique: 25 April 2003], ''Bite Back'', 25 April 2003.</ref>
;17 June
A suspicious package, with a label attached saying "a gift from the Animal Liberation Front", was left in a dustbin wrapped up in a box at Act Tech UK Ltd in Northampton. The finance director of the company said they had been affected by animal rights groups because of their parent company Asahi Glass, who supply Huntingdon Life Sciences. Employees were evacuated whilst police searched the building and the [[Royal Air Force Explosive Ordnance Dosposal|RAF Bomb Disposal Unit]] blew up the package.<ref>[http://www.directaction.info/news_june17_03.htm Bomb Hoax at HLS Client], ''[[Bite Back]]'', 17 June.</ref><ref>"Animal liberation group denies planting 'bomb'", ''Northampton Today'', 17 June 2003.</ref>
;25 August
Fencing surrounding a fur farm in Seattle, Washington, was removed and the cages containing 10,000 mink opened,<ref name=minky12>[http://www.directaction.info/news_aug26_03.htm 10,000 Mink released], ''[[Bite Back]]'', 26 August 2003.</ref> of the 22,000 mink, 9,000 of the animals were recovered by 8pm the following evening. The police were called shortly after the break-in at around 4 pm, when someone saw hundreds of mink running from the farm. The owner claimed that the act was "..a great example of animal cruelty",<ref>[http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=mink26m&date=20030826 10,000 mink released from Sultan farm cages], ''The Seattle Times'', 26 August 2003.</ref> whilst the ALF, in an anonymous communique, cited the Mink Rehabilitation Project, which they claim proves that mink can survive in the wild.<ref name="minky12"/><ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080513011451/http://www.nocompromise.org/issues/04rods.html Mink Rehabilitation Project]}}, ''Open The Cages'', [[No Compromise (magazine)|No Compromise]], Issue 4.</ref>
;September
*On the 22nd, and described by Leif Finne, head of a fur farmer association, as "..by far the biggest attack on a fur farm in this country," all of the cages were opened on a fur farm in Kokkola, Finland; releasing 8,000 mink. "ALF" was painted on a wall at the farm, with the authorities also reporting that the raid had been the 60th on fur farms in Finland since 1995.<ref name=minker11>[http://www.directaction.info/news_sept22_03.htm 7,000 Mink released in country's largest raid], ''[[Bite Back]]'', 22 September 2003.</ref><ref name=anonnova>Ananova, ''Finnish media outlet'', 22 September 2003.</ref>
*Two days later, the ALF broke into the Louisiana State University Inhalation Toxicology Research Facility, destroying research equipment, chambers and computers, totaling $300,000.<ref>"FBI investigates Vet School break-in", ''LSU Reveille'', 25 September 2003.</ref>

;13 December
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:WickhamRaid.jpg|thumb|190px|[[Keith Mann]] and an unknown colleague, as a cell of the [[Animal Liberation Front]], raided Wickham Laboratories in [[Fareham]], [[Hampshire]], and removed 695 mice on December 13th 2003.<ref name=Mann625>[[Keith Mann|Mann, Keith]]. ''From Dusk 'til Dawn: An insider's view of the growth of the Animal Liberation Movement''. Puppy Pincher Press, 2007, p. 625.</ref>]] -->
Together with another ALF activist who remains unidentified,<ref name=Mann625>[[Keith Mann|Mann, Keith]]. ''From Dusk 'til Dawn: An insider's view of the growth of the Animal Liberation Movement''. Puppy Pincher Press, 2007, p. 625.</ref> [[Keith Mann]] raided the Wickham research laboratory and removed 695 mice that were being used to test [[botulinum toxin]], sold commercially as [[Botox]] and [[Dysport]].<ref name=Mann603>[[Keith Mann|Mann, Keith]]. ''From Dusk 'til Dawn: An insider's view of the growth of the Animal Liberation Movement''. Puppy Pincher Press, 2007, p. 630.</ref> He was later arrested by detectives at his home whilst cleaning his car and the mice were returned to the laboratory.<ref name="Mann603"/> He argued that the tests were illegal because the product was being [[Testing cosmetics on animals|tested for cosmetic purposes]], which is banned in Britain. The Southern Animal Rights Coalition also received paperwork which they say demonstrates cosmetic Botox was being tested on animals.<ref name="SARC002">[http://www.sarconline.co.uk/botox/index.html "Stop the botox horror"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017054525/http://www.sarconline.co.uk/botox/index.html |date=2007-10-17 }}, Southern Animal Rights Coalition, accessed 8 November 2007.</ref> However, in April 2005, a court rejected the claims, ruling that the tests were in compliance with UK regulations because Botox is used for therapeutic purposes to prevent [[muscle spasm]]s and Mann was found guilty of burglary.<ref name="Portsmouth">[http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sparex/Animal-protester-jailed-after-court.1014793.jp "Animal protester jailed after court threat"], ''Portsmouth Today'', 30 April 2005.</ref>

==2004==
;April
*The ALF broke into W.B. Saul High School in Roxborough, Philadelphia on 19 April and removed 47 animals; twenty-six gerbils, nine rats, four beagles, three hamsters, two chinchillas, two mice and a ferret.<ref>[http://www.directaction.info/news_apr19_04.htm 47 Animals Liberated From Lab During World Week for Lab Animals], ''[[Bite Back]]'', 19 April 2004.</ref><ref name=ens>[http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2006/2006-04-20-09.asp#anchor3 Pennsylvania Makes Ecoterrorism a Criminal Offense], ''Environmental News Service'', 20 April 2006.</ref> Two years later, referring to the criminalization of [[eco-terrorism]] in the state due to the increasing property destruction directed towards those involved in [[pharmaceutical]] and other [[animal research]] organizations, the Governor noted that:<ref name="ens"/>

{{blockquote|This public high school has been targeted by [[wikt:militant|militant]] animal rights activists who have not stopped at peaceful protest, but have vandalized the school, stealing animals and destroying property.}}
 
;June
*The ALF attack a RMC site in Bournemouth, UK, destroying tractors, bulldozers and a crane; using axes, bolt croppers and crowbars.<ref name=rmc>[http://www.directaction.info/news_june29_04.htm Oxford lab supplier has 2 sites trashed], ''[[Bite Back]]'', 29 June 2004.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060413083920/http://www.fbresearch.org/AnimalActivism/IllegalIncidents/FBRIllegalIncidentSummary.xls Illegal Incidents], ''[[Foundation for Biomedical Research]]''.</ref> The company announce shortly afterward that they have pulled out of the construction of [[Oxford University]]'s animal laboratory.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040818013203/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2004%2F07%2F28%2Fnglax28.xml Glaxo chief: animal rights cowards are terrorising us], ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'', 28 July 2004.</ref>
;August
*''The Times Picayune'' reports that the [[cockfighting]] arena in Hickory, Louisiana, has been burned to the ground, with "A.L.F." spray painted on the building.<ref>[http://www.directaction.info/news_aug10_04.htm Fire destroy's cockfighting arena], ''[[Bite Back]]'', 10 August 2004.</ref><ref>[http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1092131850221680.xml&itemid=200408100713040.56006 Cockfighting area set on fire] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041217185524/http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-2%2F1092131850221680.xml |date=2004-12-17 }}, ''The Times Picayune'', 10 August 2004.</ref>

== 2005 ==
[[File:Animal liberation graffiti in Turin.jpg|thumb|''Animal liberation'': graffiti in Italy]]
;January
*A major security operation is set up in [[Clonmel]], [[Ireland]] for the National Coursing Festival after threats are made by the ALF. With the festivals 80th year and 25,000 members expected to arrive, extra security and [[Garda Síochána|Gardaí]] (Irish police) are drafted in to contain any potential incidents.<ref name="coursing">[http://www.independent.ie/national-news/coursing-meet-on-alert-for-protesters-280872.html Coursing meet on alert for protesters], ''The Independent'', 31 January 2005.</ref>
;16 March
*An ALF raid on a mink farm in Rome, Italy, saw 2,000 mink released.<ref>[http://www.directaction.info/news_june14_05.htm 2000 Mink Liberated], ''[[Bite Back]]'', 14 June 2005.</ref>
;26 May
*A Vancouver-based brokerage announced that it had dropped a client, Phytopharm PLC, in response to a ALF firebombing of a car belonging to Canaccord executive Michael Kendall in London, England.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/biotech-firm-s-broker-resigns-after-animal-rights-attack-1.556531 Biotech firm's broker resigns after animal rights attack] ''CBC News'', 23 June 2005. Retrieved 25 February 2007.</ref> The ALF stated on the ''[[Bite Back]]'' website a month later that activists had placed an incendiary device under the car, which was in Kendall's garage at home when it caught fire. Phytopharm was targeted, as were those doing business with it, because it had business links with [[Huntingdon Life Sciences]] (HLS).<ref name=phyt>[http://www.directaction.info/news_june18_05.htm Biotech company loses broker], ''Bite Back'', 18 June 2005.</ref>
;18 June
*The ALF warned Phytopharm to stay away from Huntingdon or "see your share price crash and your supporters property go up in flames,"<ref name=phyt/><ref name=phytopharm>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4122984.stm Animal-rights blow for drugs firm] ''BBC.co.uk'', 23 June 2005.</ref><ref name=Laville>Laville, Sandra & Campbell, Duncan. [https://www.theguardian.com/animalrights/story/0,11917,1514393,00.html "Animal rights extremists in arson spree"], ''The Guardian'', 25 June 2005. Retrieved 2 October 2006.</ref>

[[File:Longbridges Fire.jpg|thumb|The fire that caused £500,000 damage at Londbridges boathouse by the ALF; [[Oxford Arson Squad]], because the business has ties to [[Oxford University]], 4 July 2005.]]
;4 July
*The [[Oxford Arson Squad]], an ALF cell, caused their first arson in [[Oxford]] on 4 July resulting an estimated half a million pounds worth of damage.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://education.guardian.co.uk/businessofresearch/story/0,,1580120,00.html |title = Anti-vivisectionists claim responsibility for Oxford attack &#124; Special Reports |publisher= EducationGuardian.co.uk | accessdate = 2008-02-19 | year = 2008 }}</ref>
The fire caused 26 boats in total to become unusable which were part of St Hilda's, St Catherine's, [[Hertford College Boat Club|Hertford]], Mansfield and [[St Benet's Hall, Oxford|St Benet's Hall]] boats and boat clubs.<ref name="http">{{cite web | url = http://cherwell.larrytech.com/index.php?news=820 | title = Animal rights group targets colleges in arson attacks | accessdate = 2008-02-19 | year = 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071213212628/http://cherwell.larrytech.com/index.php?news=820 | archive-date = 13 December 2007 | url-status = dead}}</ref>
Upon investigation the cause of the fire was attributed to incendiary devices which had been placed in the Eight's bays.

The group targeted the boathouse because of apparent ties to Oxford University. A posting to ''Bite Back'' said "We are stronger than you, we have more resolve than you and we never give up". Ed Mayne, spokesman for [[Oxford University]], said that "Attacking one of the poorest boatclubs in Oxford certainly isn't going to help them"<ref name="http"/>
*An incendiary device was found deactivated at [[Christ Church, Oxford|Christ Church College]]'s Sport Pavilion, {{Citation needed|date=February 2008}} despite the group claiming they had targeted [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford|Corpus Christi College]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.oxfordstudent.com/mt2005wk0/Features/a_protest_too_far | title = A protest too far – Features – The Oxford Student – Official Student Newspaper | accessdate = 2008-02-19 | year = 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070428164529/http://www.oxfordstudent.com/mt2005wk0/Features/a_protest_too_far | archive-date = 28 April 2007 | url-status = dead}}</ref>
*[[Keith Mann]], a leading ALF member and notorious animal rights extremist, has a tougher measure imposed on his sentence by the [[Attorney General for England and Wales|Attorney General]].  This was for his role in removing over 695 mice from [[Wickham Laboratories]].<ref name="Mannprison">[https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jul/05/animalwelfare.highereducation Animal rights activist faces longer sentence], ''The Guardian'', 5 July 2004.</ref>

;August
*ALF spokesperson, [[North American Animal Liberation Press Office|North American Press Officer]] and professor [[Steven Best]] is banned from entering the UK by the home secretary using hate laws. This follows the closure of [[Darley Oaks Farm]] by the ALF and ARM, as well as the [[July 7 Bombings]] in London, when the [[Home Office]] reported it would prevent people to enter the UK who "foment, justify or glorify terrorist violence in furtherance of particular beliefs; seek to provoke others to terrorist acts; [or] foment other serious criminal activity or seek to provoke others to serious criminal acts." Dr Best has said that he doesn't want to reform [[vivisection]]ists, but to wipe them off the face of the planet, claiming that he is not a terrorist, but instead a threat.<ref name="best">[https://www.theguardian.com/education/2005/aug/31/internationaleducationnews.highereducation Britain uses hate law to ban animal rights campaigner], ''The Guardian'', 31 August 2005.</ref>
*26 October Carr Securities announced it had withdrawn from making a market in HLS shares after a [[New York (state)|New York]] yacht club was vandalized in red paint by the U.S. branch of the ALF, because members of the club worked for Carr Securities, which traded in HLS shares. The ALF announced on its bulletin board:<ref>[http://www.rescuerehab.com/articles_of_interest/huntingdon_091405.html Huntingdon's New York listing axed after yacht club attack] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004174329/http://www.rescuerehab.com/articles_of_interest/huntingdon_091405.html |date= 4 October 2011 }}, ''Rescue Rehab'', 11 September 2005.</ref> "Let this be a message to any other company who chooses to court HLS in their ... entrance into the NYSE. If you trade in LSR shares, make a market, process orders, or purchase shares you can expect far worse treatment."<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4228086.stm Explain lab firm delay, NYSE told], ''BBC News'', 8 September 2005.</ref>

== 2006 ==
;March
*"We will be back", "we'll shut you down" and graffiti referencing the ALF are spraypainted around Lothian greyhound track, with electrics ripped out, tractor-type vehicles wrecked and track safety boards dismantled causing £10,000 worth of damage. Previously activists have smashed vehicles, slashed tires, sabotaged electrical cables and vandalized the stadium.<ref name="lothian">[http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Greyhound-track-hit-by-activist.2762501.jp Greyhound track hit by activist raid], ''New Scotsman'', 27 March 2006.</ref>

;April
*The ALF send [[hoax]] [[explosive device]]s to five senior staff's homes linked to HLS, the animal research laboratory.<ref name="dummy">[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1082826.ece Dummy 'bombs']{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, ''Times'', 19 April 2006.</ref>

;June
*The ALF target UCLA researcher Lynn Fairbanks when a [[Molotov cocktail]] is placed on the porch of what was believed to be his home on 30 July; instead, by a mistake it is left on the porch of his neighbor, an elderly woman unrelated to the university. After his personal information had been posted on the [[Primate Freedom Project]] and having received threatening phone calls, Dario Ringach, an associate neurobiology professor at UCLA, issued a statement in August 2006, that he would discontinue his animal research into visual processing.  University spokeswoman Judy Lin was quoted in the press as saying "this is a problem that's much larger than UCLA. These groups have been harassing researchers all over the world,"  she continued "It has reached terrorist level. The university is very disturbed by this."<ref>[http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/press_releases/pr_06_08_06_ringach_quits.htm "You Win"- UCLA Vivisector Dario Ringach Quits Animal Experimentation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070401070013/http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/press_releases/pr_06_08_06_ringach_quits.htm |date= 1 April 2007 }} ALF Press Statement</ref><ref>[http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2006/sep/24/attacks-on-ucla-professors-tak/ Attacks on UCLA professors take a violent turn] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928234401/http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2006/sep/24/attacks-on-ucla-professors-tak/ |date=28 September 2007 }} Daily Bruin, 24 September 2006</ref> The ALF in a communique to the [[Animal Liberation Press Office|North American Animal Liberation Press Office]] the following month replied: "If the primates could escape from their cages they would do this to Lynn Fairbanks and worse. Since they can't we did."<ref>[http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/press_releases/pr_07_12_12_fairbanksucla.htm UCLA Vivisector Lynn Fairbanks Targeted by Animal Liberation Front] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210091507/http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/press_releases/pr_07_12_12_fairbanksucla.htm |date=10 February 2008 }}, ''[[Animal Liberation Press Office|North American Animal Liberation Press Office]]'', 12 July 2006.</ref>

<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:QinetiQ-ALF.jpg|right|thumb|Goats taken from the [[QinetiQ]] ex-[[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|military]] laboratory, in [[Hampshire]], [[England]], by the ALF. [[Southern Animal Rights Coalition]] then campaigned to stop the use of goats in [[hyperbaric chamber]]s, which ended in October 2007.]] -->
;July
*The ALF anonymously report to ''Bite Back'' on 26 July that they have broken into an ex-[[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|military]] laboratory, owned by [[QinetiQ]], grabbing nine goats that were undergoing experiments in [[hyperbaric chamber]]s.<ref>[http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/spare/Cruelty-campaigners-grab-research-goats.1659524.jp Cruelty campaigners grab research goats], ''[[Portsmouth News]]'', 28 July 2006.</ref><ref>[http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1759111.0.0.php MoD considers ditching ‘agonising’ live goat experiments] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307193254/http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1759111.0.0.php |date= 7 March 2008 }}, ''[[The Herald (Plymouth)|The Herald]]'', 15 October 2007.</ref> The tests are to simulate under water pressure, to attempt to research the symptoms and possible cures of [[decompression sickness]] and to study [[deep-sea]] rescue.<ref name=mil>[http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/latest/Military-goat-tests-to-be.3377810.jp Military goat tests to be stopped], ''[[Portsmouth News]]'', 15 October 2007.</ref> Southern Animal Rights Coalition then campaigned to end the experiments. According to the group, the animals were tested in order to simulate under water pressure and were suspended in March with a committee of experts looking into alternative research models, such as computer-modelling and safe human trials, in an attempt to simulate the effects of [[decompression sickness]], or 'the bends', caused by ascending too quickly.<ref name=mil/> The [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] then scrapped the experiments in February 2008 with goats, claiming that they were essential although they had now collected all the information necessary.<ref>[http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/latest/display.var.2025024.0.goat_experiments_scrapped.php Goat experiments scrapped], ''[[Southern Daily Echo]]'', 7 February 2008.</ref>

;September
*The ALF were linked to an attack on a fish farm near [[Oban]], [[Scotland]] in September 2006 which led to the deaths of thousands of [[halibut]].<ref name=Elliot>Elliot, Valerie. [https://archive.today/20080516200023/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2366233,00.html Animal activists free 15,000 farmed fish to their deaths], ''The Times'', 20 September 2006. Retrieved 2 October 2006.</ref>

;October
*Six lorries belonging to Deans Foods, Cotswold Farm, a battery egg farm near Witney, were set on fire on 26 October, using what the ALF described as electronic incendiary devices, remotely detonated from miles away. They further claimed that the devices were the first of its kind to be used in the UK by the ALF, which caused £250,000 worth of damage,<ref>[http://archive.theoxfordtimes.net/2006/11/21/115479.html ALF claims responsibility for firebomb attack]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[Oxford Times]]'', 21 November 2006.</ref> and also stated in a communique to ''Bite Back'' that the action was a warning and dedicated to [[Barry Horne (activist)|Barry Horne]] and animal rights prisoners.<ref>[http://www.directaction.info/news_nov05_06.htm Trucks torched at Egg Farm - Dedicated to Barry], ''Bite Back'', 5 November 2006.</ref>

;November
*An arson, claimed by the ALF, was carried out at [[The Queen's College, Oxford]] because of its financial relationship with Oxford University.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/26/nalf126.xml |title = Animal Liberation Front renews its threat to Oxford, Telegraph |accessdate = 2008-02-19 |year = 2008 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oxfordmail.net/display.var.1030827.0.arson_attack_at_university_sports_pavilion.php |title = Arson Attack at University Sports Pavilion (from Oxford Mail) | accessdate = 2008-02-19 | year = 2008 }}</ref> The activists report in an anonymous communique to Bite Back a few days later: "Attacks will escalate in the face of an institution and government which have sought to destroy legal protest and continue to sanction violence to animals. For Barry"<ref>[http://www.directaction.info/news_nov23_06.htm ALF arson attack at oxford, for Barry Horne], ''Bite Back'', 23 November 2006.</ref>

;December
*Donald Currie, said by police to have been the ALF's most important bomb maker,<ref name=currie2>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6215144.stm "Willing to maim in the name of animals"], BBC News, 7 December 2006.</ref> was sentenced to 12 years in jail,<ref>[http://directaction.info/prison_donald.htm Prison Donald] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080321163741/http://www.directaction.info/prison_donald.htm |date=21 March 2008 }}, ''Bite Back'', December 2006.</ref> with a recommendation of at least six years, after conducting a fire bomb campaign targeting suppliers and customers of Huntingdon Life Sciences.<ref name=currie>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6216442.stm "Animal rights fire-bomber jailed"], BBC News, 7 December 2006</ref>

== 2007 ==

;January
*ALF activists enter Tegel [[Factory farm|Factory Broiler Farm]] in [[South Auckland]], [[New Zealand]], whose owner was found guilty of [[cruelty to animals]] by the [[Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals]] in 1996, because three sheep died suffering from distress and pain. They claimed the birds were [[Wiktionary:crammed|crammed]] into cages, unable to spread their wings, walk, and were surrounded by dead animals.<ref>[http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411416/958611 Chicken farm conditions "shocking"], TVNZ, 13 January 2007.</ref> Activists claimed in a communique to [[Auckland Animal Action]] the rescuing of five birds and removal of ten dead birds, which were then sent to an individual responsible for the suffering and death. They said the company had; "no interest in [[animal welfare]] at all."<ref name="alfsouthauckland">[http://www.directaction.info/news_jan04_07.htm New Year Chicken Rescue], ''Bite Back'', 4 January 2007.</ref>
*[[University of Utah]] [[neuroscientist]] Audie Leventhal's home is doused in glass-eating acid, covering it with animal rights slogans such as "Cat Killer". Damages estimated at $20,000.<ref name="uofu">[https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-07-07-3803879970_x.htm Animal rights protesters torment scientists], ''[[USA Today]]'', 7 July 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.directaction.info/news_jan07_07.htm anonymous communique], ''Bite Back'', 7 January 2007.</ref>

;February
*Incendiary devices were found at [[Templeton College, Oxford]]; [[Robin Webb]] said as a continuation of a campaign against Oxford University's proposed new biomedical center, which will house and conduct experiments on animals.<ref>Payne, Stewart. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070303204347/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2007%2F02%2F27%2Fnoxford27.xml "Animal activists plant bombs at Oxford college"], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 27 February 2007.</ref> They claimed that the action was "...part of an ongoing fight against the University of Oxford and its continued reign of terror over the unseen victims inside its animal labs.".<ref>[http://www.directaction.info/news_feb24_07.htm Arson attack target Oxford University], ''Bite Back'', 24 February 2007.</ref>
*In Estonia, locks of two [[fur]] shops are glued shut and one has ALF spray painted on the wall.<ref name="estonia" /><ref name="estonia2">[http://www.directaction.info/news_mar10_07.htm update from Estonia], ''Bite Back'', 10 March 2007.</ref>

;March
*On 6 March, the financial adviser and first vice-president of Wachovia Securities is targeted in Portland, Oregon, because the ALF allege that Wachovia owns over half a billion dollars in shares in GlaxoSmithKline. "Drop GSK" was spray-painted on his garage and ALF "[[Wiktionary:scrawled|scrawled]]" across his car in black paint.<ref>[http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/communiques/2007-03-10_wachovia.htm Institution targeted: Wachovia Securities (HLS Investor)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213024754/http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/communiques/2007-03-10_wachovia.htm |date=13 February 2008 }}, North American Animal Liberation Press Office, 10 March 2007.</ref><ref name=wachgsk>[http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2007/04/alf_claims_credit_for_second_a.html ALF claims credit for second attack of vandalism in Portland], ''[[The Oregonian]]'', 19 April 2007.</ref>

;April
*A hunting supply shop has windows smashed and doors painted, claimed by ALF Estonia reporting; "We have only just begun".<ref name="estonia">[http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/18444/ Activists warn fur farmers], ''Baltic Times'', 6 August 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.directaction.info/news_apr09_07.htm anonymous report], ''Bite Back'', 9 April 2007.</ref>
*The ALF again target another Wachovia Securities V.P. in Portland, because the company invest in GlaxoSmithKline, a HLS customer. His [[SUV]] is spray-painted with slogans, with the activists threatening Wachovia saying; "We have the names and addresses of the top executives, and believe us our actions are like child's play compared to what we have in store."<ref name=wachgsk/><ref>[http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/communiques/2007-04-17_wachovia_portland.htm Institution targeted: Wachovia Securities] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210112406/http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/communiques/2007-04-17_wachovia_portland.htm |date=10 February 2008 }}, North American Animal Liberation Press Office, 17 April 2007.</ref>
*Another home owned by Audie Leventhal has house locks glued and salt poured on the lawn.<ref name="uofu"/><ref>[http://www.directaction.info/news_apr28b_07.htm anonymous communique], ''Bite Back'', 28 April 2007.</ref>

;June
*An estimated £500,000 in damages is caused in [[Oxfordshire]] after two fuel tankers are blown up with incendiary devices. ALF activists vow to continue targeting [[livestock]] businesses.<ref>[http://www.farminguk.com/index.asp?show=newsArticle&id=3933&country= NFU Cymru Condemns Attack On Livestock Farmer], ''Farming UK'', 10 June 2007.</ref>

;August
*The ALF report that they have targeted the home of an animal researcher for the [[Oregon National Primate Research Center]], at the [[Oregon Health & Science University]], spray-painting "ALF Eyes on You" on his garage and covering his daughter's car with a white foamy chemical.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060601223013/http://www.fbresearch.org/AnimalActivism/IllegalIncidents/FBRIllegalIncidentSummary.xls Illegal Incidents], [[Foundation for Biomedical Research]].</ref> In a communique to the North American Animal Liberation Press Office, the ALF said that his involvement in research into the effect of [[nicotine]] on fetuses should stop.<ref>[http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/communiques/2007-08-02_spindel.htm Institution targeted: Oregon Health Sciences Vivisector] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080326220753/http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/communiques/2007-08-02_spindel.htm |date=26 March 2008 }}, North American Animal Liberation Press Office, 2 August 2007.</ref> The researcher responded by stating he mainly worked on [[cell culture|cultured cells]] and ''"does as little research on animals as possible."''<ref>[https://archive.today/20110806105948/http://www.localnewsdaily.com/news/story.php?story_id=118653201257473300 Researchers taking extra precautions since latest ALF incident], ''Local News Daily'', 8 August 2007.</ref>
*2,500 mink are released from unlocked cages at a fur farm in [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]. EVR was left spray-painted on a feed [[wiktionary:silo|silo]] at the farm, standing for the Finnish ALF.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSHER15345220070831 Minks freed from cages, farmers give chase], [[Reuters]], 31 August 2007.</ref>
*2 September 500 mink are released from their cages in [[Korsholm]], [[Finland]], with "EVR" painted at the farm. A [[chief inspector]] made the connection that it stood for the ALF in Finnish.<ref>[http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/425822/1330893 Finnish farmers chase freed minks] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070908174317/http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/425822/1330893 |date= 8 September 2007 }}, TVNZ, 1 September 2007.</ref>

;October
*[[UCLA]] researcher Edythe London's home was vandalized, during which a window was broken and a garden hose inserted, flooding her home and causing over $20,000 in damages.<ref>[http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=14609 mal Rights Group Says It Flooded House] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522102318/http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=14609 |date=22 May 2011 }}, ''LA Times'', 31 October 2007.</ref> In the communique released following the action, the ALF promised to return if necessary:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.directaction.info/news_oct28_07.htm |title = Bite Back | accessdate = 2008-02-19 | year = 2008 }}</ref>

{{blockquote|One more thing Edythe, water was our second choice, fire was our first.... It would have been just as easy to burn your house down Edythe. As you [[wiktionary:slosh|slosh]] around your flooded house consider yourself fortunate this time. We will not stop until UCLA discontinues its primate vivisection programme.}}

*The headquarters of [[Escada]] is vandalized in Estonia because of the companies marketing of fur.<ref>[http://reference.findtarget.com/search/Escada/ Escada Information, Escada Reference Articles] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711003228/http://reference.findtarget.com/search/Escada/ |date=11 July 2011 }}, ''Find Target Reference''.</ref>

;November
*Activists claim the liberation of over 100 hens from Shepherd's Egg Farm near Spanish Fork, [[Utah]], on the 5th. They claimed there were several sheds containing tens of thousands of chickens, many of which in bad conditions and that the hens were rehomed where they can go outside. The said in a communique, activists claim that around the world the ALF are making progress, and dedicate the action to all animal liberation prisoners, including Barry Horne, died six years ago today on a [[hunger strike]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/communiques/2007-11-05_utahhenlib.htm | title = Animal Liberation Press Office | accessdate = 2008-02-20 | year = 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080226060956/http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/communiques/2007-11-05_utahhenlib.htm | archive-date = 26 February 2008 | url-status = dead}}</ref>

:Farm operators said they were confused by the raid, and that no damage had been done to indicate it had happened.<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20071123/ai_n21129543 Hen 'liberation' dispute], ''Deseret News'', 23 November 2007.</ref>
*Vehicles allegedly belonging to a researcher of the Department of Experimental Psychology at Oxford University were [[firebombed]] as well as a director's [[sports car]] of Acorn Integrated systems who the group accused is aiding the construction of the laboratory.  The ALF claim that for Barry Horne and Felix, the actions will continue.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.directaction.info/news_nov09_07.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071117114215/http://www.directaction.info/news_nov09_07.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2007-11-17 | title = Bite Back | accessdate = 2008-02-19 | year = 2008 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.oxfordstudent.com/print/MTweek7/News_07.pdf Terrorist burns out sta cars in latest attack]{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[Oxford Student]]'', 15 November, Volume 48, Issue 7.</ref><ref>[http://www.oxfordstudent.com/print/MTweek7/News_07.pdf Terrorist burns out staff cars in latest attack]{{dead link|date=May 2017|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, ''[[Oxford Student]]'', 15 November, Volume 48, Issue 7.</ref>
*Auckland Animal Action received an anonymous communique and undercover footage, exposing animals suffering from ammonia burns, overcrowding, eye infections due to a lack of water, as well as workers punching a bird. As part of the six-week investigation, 30 ducks are rescued in order to live out their natural lives, with the ALF claiming:<ref name="auckland2">[http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0711/S00312.htm Animal Liberation Front Rescue Ducks], ''Scoop'', 19 November 2007.</ref><ref name="auckland">[http://www.directaction.info/news_nov17_07.htm ALF documentary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619053734/http://www.directaction.info/news_nov17_07.htm |date=19 June 2010 }}, ''Bite Back'', 17 November 2007.</ref>

{{blockquote|For the short six weeks of their lives they are crammed into overcrowded, filthy sheds where they are deprived of water to bathe in, nesting material and the ability to display natural behaviours and social patterns.}}

*Three Wachovia Banks are attacked in California, involving graffiti and jamming or destroying the night [[safe deposit box|deposit box]] using explosives. The ALF claimed the vandalism by sending communiques to the Animal Liberation Press Office, media outlets and Wachovia. The company was the largest shareholder of Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) largest shareholder, selling its shares following the actions.<ref>[http://media.www.lawrentian.com/media/storage/paper409/news/2007/11/30/OpinionsEditorials/Violence.In.The.Animal.Rights.Movement-3120683.shtml Violence in the Animal Rights Movement]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''The Lawrentian'', 30 November 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.directaction.info/news_nov14_07.htm Flaming Deposit for HLS Shareholder], ''Bite Back'', 14 November 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.directaction.info/news_nov20d_07.htm Wachovia Hit Twice More, Drop HLS], ''Bite Back'', 20 November 2007.</ref>

;December
*The Animal Liberation Front took credit for targeting the home of an [[Oregon Health & Science University]] (OHSU) researcher who conducts reproductive studies on primates inside the Oregon National Primate Research Center.  The researcher awoke to find the words "[[Sadistic personality disorder|Sadist]]" and "ALF" spray painted on his [[Audi]] and [[Jeep Grand Cherokee]] cars.  The vehicles were also reportedly damaged by paint stripper.  This was the second OHSU researcher to have his property damaged by ALF in less than 6 months.<ref>"Animal-rights group damages scientist's vehicles", "http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1197086109196880.xml&coll=7", "The Oregonian", 8 December 2007</ref>
*Two homes in [[Wales]], which belonged to the joint-master and hunt secretary of the Golden Valley Hunt, had property spray painted. The activists only left initials for anti-hunting groups the ALF and HRS (Hunt Retribution Squad).<ref>[http://www.stopanimalcruelty.co.uk/warn/report.asp?37 Originally from Horse & Hound Magazine and website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521045643/http://www.stopanimalcruelty.co.uk/warn/report.asp?37 |date=21 May 2014 }}</ref>
*Following a sustained campaign from animal rights groups, two properties in [[Cassington]] and [[Kidlington]] were graffitied, with van tyres burst at one of the locations. [[Thames Valley Police]] said they were investigating the acts of "minor [[criminal damage]]", with the ALF claiming it would "stop businesses dealing with the uni".<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/mobile/bbc_news/england/nwyl/londonsouth/oxfordshire/713/71387/story7138731.shtml?l | title=Animal rights group attack claim | publisher=[[BBC]] | date=11 December 2007 | accessdate=9 August 2022}}</ref><ref>[http://www.directaction.info/news_dec08b_07.htm Another Hit on Oxford Uni Suppliers], ''Bite Back'', 8 December 2007.</ref>
*[[KFC]] in [[Bremerton]], [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]], had "Animal Love," "Mess with Animals get Served," and "Meat is Murder" spray-painted on the exterior of the building. Officers found ALF left on the restaurant, as well as "Boycott KFC" fliers plastered on the exterior.<ref>[http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2007/dec/14/fast-food-restaurant-allegedly-tagged-by/ Vandals Tag Fast-Food Restaurant] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080123095709/http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2007/dec/14/fast-food-restaurant-allegedly-tagged-by/ |date=23 January 2008 }}, ''Kitsap Sun'', 14 December 2007.</ref>
*Activists in the [[Netherlands]] painted graffiti on the homes of several Van Der Looy employees due to the company's involvement with a life-science industrial park.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.directaction.info/news_dec30b_07.htm | title = Bite Back | accessdate = 2008-02-19 | year = 2008 }}</ref> On 7 January, the company announced it was pulling out of building project and stated that the activists had acted in an "unacceptable intimidating attitude".<ref>[https://archive.today/20120716201252/http://news.monstersandcritics.com/business/news/article_1385270.php/Animal_rights_protesters_cause_suspension_of_Dutch_science_park "Animal rights protesters cause suspension of Dutch science park", ''m&c'']</ref>

== 2008 ==
;January
*ALF volunteers [[Campaign against Highgate Rabbit Farm|raided Highgate Rabbit Farm]] on 6 January, and removed 129 rabbits which they said were due to end up in laboratories for animal research.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shac.net/ARCHIVES/2008/january/9.html|title = News | accessdate = 2008-02-19 | year = 2008 }}</ref> The owner said he was shocked and disappointed when discovering he had been burgled, citing concern for the rabbits which he believed would not survive in the wild and would be unsuitable as pets.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=156130&command=displayContent&sourceNode=242285&home=yes&more_nodeId1=156139&contentPK=19820582 | title = this is lincolnshire- news, entertainment, jobs, homes and cars | accessdate = 2008-02-19 | year = 2008 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> A quad bike, lawnmower, van and a sports car were also reported to have been paintstripped and glued during the visit causing thousands of pounds worth of damage. The volunteers accused the owner of selling rabbits to laboratories such as Huntingdon Life Sciences and other universities in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.directaction.info/news_jan09_08.htm | title = Bite Back | accessdate = 2008-02-19 | year = 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.marketrasenmail.co.uk/news/VIDEO-39Liberated39-rabbits-will-die.3778000.jp | title = Market Rasen Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More – An error was encountered | accessdate = 2008-02-19 | year = 2008 }}</ref>

;February
*[[Hasselt University|University of Hasselt]]'s Biomedical Research Institute in the town of [[Diepenbeek]], [[Belgium]] was burned to the ground.  "ALF" was written on a building nearby.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.directaction.info/news_feb04_08.htm | title = Bite Back | accessdate = 2008-02-19 | year = 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvl.be/nl/nieuws/2008-02-03/brandstichting-alf-op-luc |title = TVL – Brandstichting ALF op LUC | accessdate = 2008-02-19 | year = 2008 }}</ref>
*The ALF return and an incendiary device is left at the front door of UCLA researcher Edythe London's home in Los Angeles early on 5 February. The device charred the front door. Nobody was home at the time.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/press_releases/pr_08_02_06_londonburns.htm | title = Animal Liberation Press Office | accessdate = 2008-02-19 | year = 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080211103245/http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/press_releases/pr_08_02_06_londonburns.htm | archive-date = 11 February 2008 | url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-vandal6feb06,0,1716596.story |title = 	Fire set at UCLA scientist's house – Los Angeles Times |website = 	[[Los Angeles Times]] | accessdate = 2008-02-19 | year = 2008 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/communiques/2008-02-21_londonburns.htm ALF Takes Credit for Surprise Gift Left for Notorious UCLA Primate Vivisector Edythe London] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509022635/http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/communiques/2008-02-21_londonburns.htm |date= 9 May 2008 }}, ''North American Animal Liberation Press Office'', 22 February 2008.</ref>
*Three [[goats]] are liberated from [[Carpinteria High School]] in [[California]] and discovered wandering in a rural area, in an action claimed against the teaching of [[anthropocentrism]].<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/02/14/state/n050342S50.DTL&type=health High school's kidnapped goats found wandering in hills], ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', 14 February 2008.</ref><ref>[http://directaction.info/news_feb13_08.htm anonymous communique], ''Bite Back'', 13 February 2008.</ref>
*On the third anniversary of the [[Hunting Act]], activists targeted the Duke of Beaufort's and VWH kennels, as well as the Hunting HQ in [[Gloucestershire]]. "Enforce the ban" and "ALF" were painted on the driveways of both hunts and the walls of the Hunting Office. Some cars and lorries had paint stripper poured onto them, with others having their tyres slashed. The Masters of Foxhounds Association said it appeared the Animal Liberation Front had been in three places in one night.<ref>[http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/competitionnews/article.php?aid=181158&cid=392 "Hunt kennels targeted in night of vandalism by animal rights activists", ''Horse & Hound'', 18 Feb 2008.]</ref> The activists in a message to ''Bite Back'' website said:<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.directaction.info/news_feb18_08.htm | title = Bite Back | accessdate = 2008-02-19 | year = 2008 }}</ref>

{{blockquote|This action is dedicated to Mike Hill the young [[hunt saboteur|hunt sab]] killed by hunt scum. This action is also timed to coincide with the anniversary of the hunt ban 3 years ago. The ban's not being enforced and most hunts still kill animals. Maybe when they stop breaking the law we will.}}

*"Stop Selling Foie Gras" and "Ban Foie Gras" were spray painted on the walls of Midsummer House in [[Cambridge]]. The Animal Liberation Front reported to the ''[[Cambridge Evening News]]'' that they had poured etching fluid over windows, paint stripper on window frames and glued the locks of the restaurant. It has also been the subject of protests by Cambridge Animal Rights, although denied any involvement in the action that initially caused an estimated £3,000 in damage,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.directaction.info/news_feb19b_08.htm |title = Bite Back | accessdate = 2008-02-19 | year = 2008 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cn_news_home/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=257435 "Foie gras protesters attack top restaurant", ''Cambridge News'', 19 Feb 08.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709014726/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cn_news_home/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=257435 |date= 9 July 2009 }}</ref> but was then calculated later to exceed £6,000.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/restaurant-takes-foie-gras-off-menu-after-terrifying-threats-784408.html?r=RSS Restaurant takes foie gras off menu after 'terrifying' threats], ''[[The Independent]]'', 20 February 2008.</ref> The next day, the owner announced that he had taken the dish off the menu, saying he felt pushed into the decision following attacks by the ALF and a brick thrown through the restaurants window after 7pm one Saturday evening.<ref>[http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cn_news_home/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=257435 "Foie gras off menu after activist attack", ''Cambridge News'', 20 Feb 08.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709014726/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cn_news_home/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=257435 |date= 9 July 2009 }}</ref>

;April
*A campaign by the ALF, [[PETA]] and [[In Defense of Animals]], leads to [[San Francisco Art Institute]] suspending their controversial art exhibition. It is claimed that death threats, amongst others, were used in an attempt to shut down the event.<ref name="art">[http://www.foxreno.com/news/15778575/detail.html Violent Threats Shut Down Controversial Art Exhibit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723224340/http://www.foxreno.com/news/15778575/detail.html |date=23 July 2011 }}, Fox Reno, 2 April 2008.</ref>
*50 mink released from a fur farm in [[Jefferson, Oregon]] and breeding records destroyed. The Fur Commission USA claims all mink were recovered, but estimates the dollar loss for the destroyed breeding records was $5,000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/media_coverage2008/2008-04-24_minklib_oregonian.htm |title=ALF says it raided Ore. fur farm |accessdate=2008-04-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828074537/http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/media_coverage2008/2008-04-24_minklib_oregonian.htm |archivedate=28 August 2008}}, ''The Oregonian'', 24 April 08.</ref>
*The ALF claim responsibility for spraypainting "Drop Oxford Uni" on shutters at Steve Rusk Plumbers, Wootton Road Industrial Estate, Oxford. The activists said the attack was carried out due to the companies involvement with the laboratory at South Parks Road owned by Oxford University.<ref name="shutters">[http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/2222978.activists_target_plumbers/ Activists target plumbers], ''Oxford Times'', 24 April 2008.</ref>

;June
*In an effort to force UCLA to end their [[primate experiments]], the ALF set alight a UCLA van.<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/04/BARB124V21.DTL Firebombs show new tactics of animal activists], ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', 5 August 2008.</ref><ref>[http://directaction.info/news_jun13_08.htm anonymous communique], ''Bite Back'', 13 June 2008.</ref>

;July
*Ahead of the shooting season the ALF cause extensive damage to grouse pens and electric fencing around Ilkley Moor. Bingley Moor Partnership, which won rights for grouse shooting on the moors, said due to shortage of grouse stocks there wouldn't be any activity for at least two years. The [[Moorland Association]] branded the action as "criminal".<ref name="grouse">[http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/3546020.Activists____trash_grouse_pens___/ Activists ‘trash grouse pens’], ''The Telegraph and Argus'', 24 July 2008.</ref>
{{blockquote|A large grouse pen was identified and trashed; the water pipes and distributors were left split and smashed. The wire fencing from the entire enclosure was brought down. The electric fencing was sabotaged and the system destroyed. Two set fen traps were discovered and placed permanently out of commission. Two smaller pens were found nearby and the netting roof and wire surrounds were left in tatters. Feeders in the area were also tampered with.}}

;August
*ALF activists claim responsibility for releasing 6,000 mink from Rippin Fur Farm before opening the farm gate in [[Aldergrove, British Columbia]]. This was done near Aldergrove Lake Park, which activists claim "provides over 200 acres of water habitat for them to survive."<ref name="ripper">[http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/story.html?id=ae84fcd4-f506-42d4-9fb1-0b439da5cd95 Animal-rights extremists blamed for release of 6,000 mink from farm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109193759/http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/story.html?id=ae84fcd4-f506-42d4-9fb1-0b439da5cd95 |date= 9 November 2012 }}, ''Canada.com'', 28 August 2008.</ref>
*A press officer for the ALF reports that 300 mink had been released and breeding cards destroyed at a [[South Jordan]] mink farm.<ref name="saltlake">Stark, Mike. [http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Aug29/0,4670,MinkRelease,00.html Hundreds of mink set loose from Utah farm], ''[[Fox News]]'', 29 August 2008.</ref>

;September
*The ALF claimed responsibility for releasing mink from the S&N Fur Farm in [[Scio, Oregon|Scio]].  The ranch owner claims that of the 215 mink released, 177 were recaptured and 4 died.<ref>[http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/mink_release.html Animal Liberation Front says it released mink from farm] ''The Oregonian'' 8 September 2008</ref>
*Thousands of mink were released and the records were destroyed at a [[Davis County, Utah]] mink farm.  The Fur Commission USA claims most of the mink were recaptured and that at least half a dozen died.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/press_releases/pr_08_09_22_utahminklib.htm |title=Ten-Thousand Captive Mink Released in Utah&nbsp;– Animal Liberationists Raid Sixth Fur Farm Since April |accessdate=2008-09-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081003085121/http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/press_releases/pr_08_09_22_utahminklib.htm |archivedate=3 October 2008}}",</ref><ref>"Group claims responsibility for mink release", "http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=4331980"</ref>
*Four [[Barclays Bank]]s are vandalised in Hampshire during the month, because of Barclays previous trading in HLS shares. Slogans are painted including "Scum", "Murderers" and "ALF". In the same month a FedEx van is covered in slogans and has tyres slashed in Wickham. In January 2011 Thomas Harris pleaded guilty to "conspiracy to cause criminal damage" for his role in planning the attacks.<ref name="portsmouth">Broom, Chris. [http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/newshome/Activist-targeted-bank-in-animal.6681167.jp Activist targeted bank in animal rights crime wave] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108004702/http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/newshome/Activist-targeted-bank-in-animal.6681167.jp |date=8 January 2011 }}, ''Portsmouth News'', 6 January 2011.</ref>
*Supporters of the ALF and other animal rights campaigners are given £40,000 compensation, after they were prevented from attending a demonstration against [[live exports]]. The London activists were travelling to [[Dover]] in July 2006 on their way to a protest against sheep and cattle being deported, before they were reportedly photographed, threatened with arrest and unlawfully denied the right to protest.<ref name="comp">[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/police-offer-16340000-to-animal-rights-protesters-941470.html Police offer £40,000 to animal rights protesters], ''[[The Independent]]'', 25 September 2008.</ref>

;December
*ALF Netherlands claim responsibility for setting on fire two cars belonging to a [[Euronext]] employee in [[Wassenaar]], because the company trade shares in HLS. Activists also claimed vandalizing the home of NYSE Euronext director with slogans in [[Noordwijkerhout]] on the same day and setting alight two cars belonging to another Euronext employees three weeks before.<ref>[http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/zijlijn/6114585/Animal-rights-activists-claim-car-arson Animal rights activists claim car arson] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090308113939/http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/zijlijn/6114585/Animal-rights-activists-claim-car-arson |date=8 March 2009 }}, ''Radio Netherlands'', 29 December 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.directaction.info/news_dec21_08.htm anonymous communique], ''Bite Back'', 21 December 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.directaction.info/news_dec22_08.htm anonymous communique], ''Bite Back'', 22 December 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.expatica.com/nl/lifestyle_leisure/lifestyle/Animal-rights-activists-target-Euronext-employees_13261.html Animal rights activists target Euronext employees], ''Expatica'', 26 November 2008.</ref>

== 2009 ==
;January
*A fake bomb is planted at [[University of California, San Diego]], leading to evacuations at the university's school of medicine. The ALF claimed responsibility with an official press release and three phone calls.<ref>[http://www.knx1070.com/UCSD-Fake-Bomb/1302716 Animal Rights Group Has Claimed Responsibility]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, KNX, 7 January 2009.</ref>
*A [[Bradford]] [[councillor]] has two cars covered in acid (paint stripped) and tyres slashed, because of her support for the [[Ilkley]] moor [[Shooting|shoot]]. The ALF claim responsibility with an anonymous posting on the ''Bite Back'' website.<ref>[http://www.directaction.info/news_jan28_09.htm Councillor's Car Attacked in Protest of Grouse Shoots], ''Bite Back'', 28 January 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.ilkleygazette.co.uk/search/4090272.Animal_rights_link_will_be_investigated Animal rights link will be investigated], ''Ilkley Gazette'', 30 January 2009.</ref>

;February
*The ALF is accused of filming inside Ireland's six known fur farms, showing clips of distressed mink. The footage is later released by the Coalition Against The Fur Trade (CAFT).<ref name="expose">[http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/idojaueyql/ Fur farm footage posted on internet], ''Irish Examiner'', 21 February 2009.</ref>

;May
*The Animal Liberation Front claimed responsibility for an arson attack against Scientific Resources International in [[Reno, Nevada]] a company that imports primates from China for scientific research.  The fire caused $300,000 in damages.  A manager for the company claimed the building had been destroyed and the company would be unable to conduct business until it was rebuilt.<ref>[http://www.lvrj.com/news/46453737.html Authorities investigate group's claim of arson at business office in Reno] ''Las Vegas Review-Journal'' 29 May 2009</ref>

;March
*The DBF (Dutch ALF) release 3,000 mink from a fur farm in the [[Zeeland]] province, near [[Rotterdam]], [[Netherlands]], on the night of Saturday 14. In a communique, the ALF claimed to have also destroyed breeding cards in 20 of the sheds, damaged nets and spray painted 'DBF is everywhere'.<ref name="dbfzeeland">[http://www.directaction.info/news_mar19_09.htm 2,500 Mink Released from Cages at Fur Farm], ''Bite Back'', 19 March 2009.</ref> ''Vegan Streaker'' Peter Janssen is later arrested on suspicion of the raid.<ref>[http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2009/04/mink_liberator_is_the_vegan_st.php Mink liberator is the Vegan Streaker], ''Dutch News'', 8 April 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2009/03/animal_rights_campaigners_rele.php Animal rights campaigners release mink], ''Dutch News'', 17 March 2009.</ref>
*A fire broke out at a livestock auction in [[Ussel, Corrèze|Ussel]] ([[Corrèze]]), [[France]], in the early hours of Saturday 28. The initials 'ALF' were found painted on the building, causing future auctions to be cancelled.<ref>[http://www.directaction.info/news_apr02_09.htm ALF Arson Shuts Down Livestock Market], ''Bite Back'', 2 April 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.lepopulaire.fr/editions_locales/tulle/violent_incendie_au_marche_au_cadran_d_ussel@CARGNjFdJSsEHhMEAhs-.html Violent incendie cette nuit au marché au Cadran] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404104226/http://www.lepopulaire.fr/editions_locales/tulle/violent_incendie_au_marche_au_cadran_d_ussel%40CARGNjFdJSsEHhMEAhs-.html |date= 4 April 2009 }}, ''Le Populaire'', 28 March 2009.</ref>

;July
*Shortly after ''The Advertiser'' reported pigeons were getting trapped under the railway bridge in [[Fetcham]], [[Leatherhead]], which was due to the council's policy of pigeon-proofing the area, a man contacted the media and reported that the ALF were claiming responsibility for slicing the netting, and said they would be watching who puts more up.<ref name="pigeons">[http://www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk/news/Animal-rights-group-frees-pigeons/article-1152272-detail/article.html Animal rights group "frees" pigeons] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090712043555/http://www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk/news/Animal-rights-group-frees-pigeons/article-1152272-detail/article.html |date=12 July 2009 }}, ''This Is Surrey Today'', 9 July 2009.</ref>

;November
*Carrie Feldman and Scott DeMuth are subpoenaed to a grand jury investigating the 2004 raid of the [[University of Iowa]], during which the ALF claimed responsibility for vandalizing two labs and three offices.<ref name="iowa">Sternberg, Bob Von. [https://archive.today/20130203031543/http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/pets/70536462.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUncacyi8cyaiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU Minneapolis activist indicted for animal lab 'terrorism'], ''[[Star Tribune]]'', 19 November 2009.</ref><ref name="iowa2">[http://www.startribune.com/local/70300302.html?elr=KArksc8P:Pc:UthPacyPE7iUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU Twin Cities activists in Iowa jail after being found in contempt]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''Star Tribune'', 17 November 2009.</ref> DeMuth is indicted with conspiracy to vandalize property under the Animal Enterprise Protection Act shortly after their subpoena. Feldman serves 4 months on civil contempt for refusing to testify, but is never charged with a crime.

;December
*Police detain three youths in [[Mexico City]] after investigators find links between the ALF and homemade bombs that burned seven vehicles. The symbol of a local version of the ALF was found spray painted near in the attacks.<ref name="mexico">Smith, David Gaddis. [http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/20/week-mexico-12-20-09/ This Week in Mexico: 12-20-09 - Activists linked to bombings], ''Sign On San Diego'', 20 December 2009.</ref>

== 2010 ==
;April
*The Sheepskin Factory in Glendale, Colorado is destroyed by arson on 30 April.  According to ''The Denver Post'', in June, an Internet posting associated with ''Bite Back'' claims the ALF are responsible for the arson.<ref name="denverpost.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_15306399 |work=[[The Denver Post]]|title=Activist takes blame for Sheepskin Factory fire |date=16 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618142901/http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_15306399 |archivedate=18 June 2010 }}</ref>

;May
*A leather store in Salt Lake City, Utah is destroyed by arson on 31 May.  According to the Denver Post, in June, an Internet posting associated with ''Bite Back'' claims ALF responsibility for the arson.<ref name="denverpost.com"/>

;July
* After two previous arsons by the same individual, ALF Lone Wolf (Walter Bond) sets a third fire, this time to a restaurant in [[Sandy, Utah]] because he objected to them serving [[foie gras]] on the menu.<ref name="lonewold">{{cite web|last=Ortiz|first=Marcos|url=http://www.abc4.com/news/local/story/Animal-activist-claims-responsibility-for-arson/D2t5PetIw02Xkf3vFjM8qA.cspx|title=Animal activist claims responsibility for arson fires|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306015425/http://www.abc4.com/news/local/story/Animal-activist-claims-responsibility-for-arson/D2t5PetIw02Xkf3vFjM8qA.cspx |archivedate=6 March 2012|publisher=[[KTVX|ABC 4]]|date=7 July 2010}}</ref>
*[[Mel Broughton]] is jailed for 10 years after a jury found him guilty of conspiracy to commit arson. Broughton had planted petrol bombs at [[Oxford University]]; one went off, two others failed.<ref name="broughton">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/jul/13/animal-rights-activist-mel-broughton-jailed|title=Judge jails animal rights arsonist Mel Broughton for 10 years|author=Press Association|date=13 July 2010|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

;August
*In an action costing the Greek fur industry potentially exceeding €1 million, the ALF in [[Athens]], [[Greece]], report they liberated 50,000 mink from two fur farms in the towns of Kastoria and Siatista, described as the heart of Greece's fur industry. Greece's National Fur Breeders' Association claimed in response to the attacks that most of the animals would likely die due to the heat.<ref name="greece">[https://www.foxnews.com/world/animal-rights-activists-claim-release-of-50000-minks-in-northern-greece/ Animal rights activists claim release of 50,000 minks in northern Greece], ''Fox News'', 2 September 2010.</ref><ref name="alfgreece">[http://directaction.info/news_aug29_10.htm Tens of thousands of mink released in unprecendented attack], ''Bite Back'', 29 August 2010.</ref>

;September
*400 mink liberated from a fur farm in [[Granite Falls, Washington]].<ref>[http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100914/NEWS01/709149893 Police investigate release of mink from Granite Falls farm]''The Herald'' 14 September 2010</ref> In an anonymous claim to the North American Animal Liberation Press Office, the Animal Liberation Front took credit for the action declaring: "we released {{sic|aprox.}} 400 of the mink there and all we can say is that it wasn't enough."<ref>[http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/press_releases/2010/pr_2010_09_22_waminklib.htm Animal Liberation Front Issues Communique for Washington Mink Liberation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309141947/http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/press_releases/2010/pr_2010_09_22_waminklib.htm |date= 9 March 2012 }} ''NAALPO'' 22 September 2012</ref>

;October
*The owner of Capilano Furs has his car painted black and tyres slashed. Later that same day ALF Canada claim responsibility for the vandalism, as well as attacks against another clothing store and a restaurant.<ref name="vancouva">Weldon, James. [https://web.archive.org/web/20101018053137/http://www.nsnews.com/news/Animal+militants+vandalize+North+Vancouver/3663405/story.html Animal militants vandalize car in North Vancouver], ''North Shore News'', 13 October 2010.</ref>
*ALF claim they removed a large amount of fencing from a deer farm in [[Molalla, Oregon]], with the intention of releasing deer into the surrounding forest. However, there were no animals on the land when the fence was cut.<ref name="seattle">[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013169623_apormolalladeerliberation.html ALF claims raid on Molalla deer farm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101023045400/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013169623_apormolalladeerliberation.html |date=23 October 2010 }}, ''[[The Seattle Times]]'', 15 October 2010.</ref> Ranchers claimed they weren't worried by the attempted liberation, while an anonymous email sent to the North American Animal Liberation Press Office stated; "The venison meat industry remains small in this country, but as long as they exploit sentient animals, they will remain a target of the ALF." The FBI noted the incident as minor vandalism, rather than terrorism.<ref name="seattle2">[http://www.theworldlink.com/news/local/article_014b3386-dade-11df-a70d-001cc4c002e0.html Deer liberation attempt doesn’t worry ranchers], ''The World'', 18 October 2010.</ref>

== 2011 ==

;June
*The ALF used an industrial pressurized chemical sprayer with a two-foot-long spraying area to spray a corrosive chemical into the Speiser Furs salon in [[Vancouver]], British Columbia.  A glue like substance was also sprayed into the locks.  Around 25 leather and fur coats were destroyed causing $50,000 in damage.<ref>[http://www2.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=25a0a00c-a6b7-4916-8a74-06c1f09469a3 Furrier defies store vandals] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518142455/http://www2.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=25a0a00c-a6b7-4916-8a74-06c1f09469a3 |date=18 May 2015 }}, ''The Province'' 29 June 2011</ref>
;September
*The ALF claims to have sabotaged the fencing surrounding a pen at Damascus Elk Farm in Clackamas, Oregon.  This was the second deer farm targeted by the ALF in the state of Oregon, and the third ever in the United States.<ref>[http://www.animalliberationfrontline.com/animal-liberation-front-a-l-f-liberates-elk-from-oregon-farm/ Animal Liberation Front Liberated Elk From Oregon Farm], ''Animal Liberation Frontline'', 4 September 2011</ref>
*300 mink released from a fur farm outside [[Astoria, Oregon|Astoria, OR]].  All but 40 of the mink were recaptured.  The Gordon Shumway Brigade Claimed responsibility.  The Gordon Shumway Brigade apparently refers to the main character in a 1980s television show, [[ALF (TV series)|ALF]], which stood for 'alien life form'. ALF is also an abbreviation for the Animal Liberation Front.<ref>[http://www.dailyastorian.com/free/mystery-terrorists-release-mink/article_5d53334e-e86c-11e0-9bfc-001cc4c03286.html Mystery Terrorists Release 300 Mink] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111230195755/http://www.dailyastorian.com/free/mystery-terrorists-release-mink/article_5d53334e-e86c-11e0-9bfc-001cc4c03286.html |date=30 December 2011 }} ''The Daily Astorian'' 26 September 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/press_releases/2011/2011-11-18pr_orminklib.htm Animal Liberationists Make Claim for Oregon Mink Release of 24 September] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417141713/http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/press_releases/2011/2011-11-18pr_orminklib.htm |date=17 April 2012 }} ''North American Animal Liberation Press Office'' 18 November 2011</ref> This act was followed in October with a fur farm raid in [[Jewell, Iowa]] which saw the release of 1,200-1,500 mink<ref>[http://www.radioiowa.com/2011/10/07/mink-released-at-farm-in-rural-jewell/ Mink released at farm in rural Jewel] "Radio Iowa" 7 October 2011</ref> and another raid in [[Gifford, Washington]] which saw the release of 1,000 mink.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130128113822/http://www.kxly.com/news/Extremists-Claim-Responsibility-For-Attack-On-Gifford-Mink-Ranch/-/101270/9225996/-/9orpll/-/index.html Extremists Claim Responsibility For Attack On Gifford Mink Ranch] "KXLY"  Oct, 13 2011</ref> This marked the largest wave of mink liberations in the United States since 1998.<ref>[http://www.animalliberationfrontline.com/third-fur-farm-raid-in-two-weeks-1000-mink-released-in-washington/ Third Fur Farm Raid in Two Weeks] "Animal Liberation Frontline" 14 October 2011</ref>
*Animal rights activists claimed responsibility for a fire that caused $100,000 in damage to Rocky Mountain Fur & Fireworks, a fur retailer in [[Caldwell, Idaho]].  The group claimed they drilled a hole into the buildings storage space, pumped fuel through, placed multiple charges next to an adjourning structure and placed ignition devices to start the fire.  The communique was signed by a group calling itself "Arson Unit".  A spokesman for the North American Animal Liberation Press Office, said the Arson Unit may refer to a branch of the Animal Liberation Front.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crime-animalrights-idUSTRE78Q08A20110927 Animal group claims it set fire to Idaho fur store] ''Reuters'' 26 Sep 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/press_releases/2011/2011-09-26_furandfireworks.htm Animal Liberationists Burn Fur Retailer in Idaho Rocky Mountain Firework & Fur Company (How Convenient) Goes Up in Flames] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417115210/http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/press_releases/2011/2011-09-26_furandfireworks.htm |date=17 April 2012 }} ''NAALPO'' 26 September 2011</ref>

== 2012 ==
;January
*An anonymous claim received by the North American Animal Liberation Press Office takes credit for an arson at Harris Ranch, California's largest feed cattle processor located in [[Coalinga, California|Coalinga]].  The fire caused the complete destruction of 14 cattle transporters.  The anonymous claim stated that the attack was aimed at "the horrors and injustices of factory farming".<ref>[http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/press_releases/2012/2012-01-10pr_harrisranch.htm 14 Cattle Trucks Burned by Activists at Harris Ranch in Coalinga, California] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326113622/http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/press_releases/2012/2012-01-10pr_harrisranch.htm |date=26 March 2012 }} ''NAALPO'' 9 January 2012</ref><ref>[http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/01/10/animal-rights-group-claims-credit-for-harris-farms-arson/ Animal Rights Group Claims Credit For Harris Farms Arson] ''CBS San Francisco'' 10 January 2012</ref>
*ALF activists claimed to have sabotaged a tuna pen off the coast of [[Ugljan]], Croatia by cutting and lowering down the net to allow the endangered [[Atlantic bluefin tuna|bluefin tuna]] to escape.  The communique claims that this was the second action of its kind, after a Maltese tuna farm was damaged in the summer of 2011, causing 100.000 Euro in damages and liberating an undefined number of animals.<ref>[http://directaction.info/news_jan31_12.htm TUNA FARM RAID] ''Bite Back'' 31 January 2012</ref>

;March
*75 to 100 pheasants were liberated from a farm in Scio, Oregon that breeds [[common pheasant|ring-necked]] pheasants for hunting and dog training.  In an anonymous post on the ''Bite Back'' magazine website, The Animal Liberation Front took credit for dismantling a pheasant aviary and liberating the animals "into the night sky".  Initial damages and losses are estimated at $4,000 and the [[Linn County, Oregon|Linn County]] Sheriff's Department is investigating this crime as an act of domestic terrorism.<ref>[http://www.kval.com/news/business/ALF-pheasants-Scio-143370956.html Sheriff: Freeing pheasants from farm 'a form of domestic terrorism'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422224359/http://www.kval.com/news/business/ALF-pheasants-Scio-143370956.html |date=22 April 2012 }} ''KVAL News'' 19 March 2012</ref>

;May
*The Animal Liberation Front took credit for a vandalism spree targeting four [[Vancouver]]-area fur stores.  Snowflake Furs, Pappas Furs, Capilano Furs and Speiser Furs were doused with red paint on windows, storefronts and doors.<ref>[https://bc.ctvnews.ca/vandals-target-four-vancouver-area-fur-stores-1.831337 Vandals target four Vancouver-area fur stores] ''CTV News'' 24 May 2012</ref> In an anonymous claim of responsibility sent to ''Bite Back'' magazine the vandals declared "The new Fur Wars have just begun."<ref>[http://directaction.info/news_may23_12.htm One Night, Four Vancouver Fur Stores Covered In Paint] ''Bite Back'' 23 May 2012</ref>

;August
*According to a communique posted by the North American Animal Liberation Press Office the ALF claims to have liberated 13 foxes and damaged equipment at a fur farm in [[Elkton, Virginia|Elkton, VA]].<ref>[http://www.animalliberationfrontline.com/animal-liberation-front-empties-fox-farm-in-virginia/ Animal Liberation Front Empties Fox Farm In Virginia] ''Animal Liberation Frontline'' 5 August 2012</ref>
*"DROP HLS" and "PUPPY KILLER" were in red paint across the garage door and driveway of a [[Beckman Coulter|Beckman Coulter Inc.]] executive in [[Yorba Linda, California]].  A red stain was also thrown into the woman's backyard pool "to remind her of the blood on her hands."  In a press release the Animal Liberation Front claimed it targeted Beckman Coulter for their ties to the U.K.-based [[Huntingdon Life Sciences]] warning: "You know what to do to bring this to an end. Cut your losses and drop HLS. Until then expect to spend thousands more on damages because this is not a one time event."<ref>[http://www.ocregister.com/news/vandals-367974-animal-release.html Police: Animal-rights activists vandalized executive's home] ''The Orange County Register'' 9 August 2012</ref>
*Animal rights activists are suspected of spraying a noxious substance through the mail slots of Speiser Furs and Snowflake Furs in [[Vancouver]].  Police say that surveillance footage shows two people disguised in heavy coats, bandannas and hats squirt at least a half dozen syringes filled with a white liquid seven into the buildings through a gap in the front doors forcing the stores to be closed while hazmat crews and police investigated.  Back in May both these locations were vandalized with red paint by the ALF.  A spokesman for the ALF in regards to the incident stated: "I would fully expect (the attacks) to continue and perhaps escalate,"<ref>[http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/local/2012/08/21/20126611.html Vancouver fur stores struck again by vandals] ''24 hours Vancouver''</ref><ref>[http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/local/2012/08/26/20143361.html Animal group warns of more attacks] ''24 hours Vancouver''</ref>
*ALF claimed to have released hundreds of thousands of [[rainbow trout]] from a fish farm in northern [[Sweden]].  The farm was uninsured and police estimated the damages in the millions of [[Swedish krona]].<ref>[http://directaction.info/news_aug28_12.htm Claim of Responsibility For Fish Farm Raid] ''Bite Back'' 13 September 2012</ref>

;September
*In an email to ''[[Bite Back]]'' the ALF took credit for ripping open a flight pen at a game bird farm in [[Canby, Oregon]] on the night of 21 September and liberating captive pheasants into the wild.<ref>[http://directaction.info/news_sep24_12.htm PEN TORN OPEN, DOZENS OF PHEASANTS RELEASED INTO THE WILD] ''Bite Back'' 24 September 2012</ref> However the farm owner claims that most of the farms 2 dozen pheasants remained in the pen.  This was the second pheasant breeding operation targeted in the state of Oregon by the ALF in 2012.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130119044139/http://www.capitalpress.com/ml-eco-terrorists-092512 'Saboteurs' free three pheasants] "Capital Press" 25 September 2012</ref> Also, on the same night in the [[Province of Toledo|Toledo]] province of [[Spain]] the ALF claims to have released 400 [[partridges]] from a game farm that bred birds for hunting.<ref>[http://directaction.info/news_sep25_12.htm Hundreds of Patridges Released From Game Farm] ''Bite Back'' 25 September 2012</ref>

;November
*1600 mink were liberated from a fur farm outside of [[Skara|Skara, Sweden]].  In an email to ''Bite Back'' magazine the Animal Liberation Front claimed they planned this action to coincide with World Vegan Day.<ref>[http://directaction.info/news_nov02_12.htm ALF Open Cages, Free 1,600 Mink] ''Bite Back'' 2 November 2012</ref>
*Members of the Animal Liberation Front took credit for firebombing cars of scientists attending a Biomedical Symposium in [[Chile]].  The group claimed to have placed explosive incendiary devices beneath a van belonging to the [[University of Concepción]] and a truck belonging to an animal researcher outside the International Symposium on Biomedical Research Models.<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-t-talman-md/animal-testing-medicine_b_2250283.html Don't Have the Wool Pulled Over Your Eyes] "Huffington Post" 7 December 2012</ref><ref>[http://directaction.info/news_nov28_12.htm Claim of Responsibility for Attack During Vivisection Symposium] ''Bite Back'' 12 December 2012</ref>
*The Animal Liberation Front is linked to incidents on two chicken farms in the [[Regional Municipality of Niagara|Niagara region]] in which equipment and buildings were damaged, and slogans were spray painted on walls including the letters "ALF".  The damages at one farm was estimated at $25,000 and $150 at the other.<ref name="betterfarming.com">[http://www.betterfarming.com/online-news/farmers-urged-keep-eye-out-vandals-24928 Farmers urged to keep an eye out for vandals] 'Better Farming' 7 August 2013</ref>

;December
*The ALF claims to have vandalized fur and leather garments at Four Seasons Fur and T.O. Leather Fashions Ltd. in [[Toronto]], by spraying a foul smelling chemical through cracks in the doors.  The owner of Leather Fashions Ltd said he discovered a horrible, rotten-egg smell and a clear liquid covering the floor the next morning, but that no merchandise was damaged.<ref>[http://metronews.ca/news/toronto/485192/peta-and-alf-take-opposite-strategies-in-anti-fur-fight/ PETA and ALF take opposite strategies in anti-fur fight] "Metro News CA" 19 December 2012</ref>

== 2013 ==
;January
*The ALF issued an anonymous statement declaring that members hit an unoccupied [[Vancouver]] police cruiser with a [[Molotov cocktail]] while it was parked in front of the home of Megan Halprin, who co-owns the Snowflake Furs store in the city's downtown. The statement went on to threaten "This is a fur war. This is a class war. The elite and the police are the enemy and will be treated as such." According to a police spokesman the incendiary weapon never hit the police cruiser and failed to cause any damage.  Both Halprin's home and business have been the target of previous acts of vandalism with paint, bleach and graffiti.<ref>[http://bc.ctvnews.ca/animal-rights-extremists-throw-molotov-cocktail-at-vpd-cruiser-1.1107128 Animal rights extremists throw Molotov cocktail at VPD cruiser] "CTV News" 9 January 2013</ref>

;March
*The ALF claimed responsibility for spray-painting "ALF" on the door of Glass House Couture in Vancouver. They also sprayed [[butyric acid]] into the building.  The activists claimed they targeted the store for its sale of fur.  This act of vandalism resulted in the closure of the store for a month and a half.<ref>[https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/celebrity/Stink+bomb+temporarily+closes+Real+Housewives/8458320/story.html Stink bomb temporarily closes Real Housewives of Vancouver's Jody Claman's catering business] "The Vancouver Sun"  30 May 2013</ref>

;June
*A lone Animal Liberation Front activist claimed to have punctured several slaughterhouse truck tires with an ice-pick at Cami International Poultry in [[Ontario|Ontario, Canada]].  Damages are estimated at $1,000.<ref name="betterfarming.com"/>

;July
*An online statement from the ALF claimed that "anarchists in San Diego" attacked the fur retail store, Furs by Graf.  During the attack windows were covered with eroding etching solution, and slogans were sprayed on the exterior with red paint.  Foul smelling acid was also sprayed into the store, according to the statement.  The ALF also targeted the homes and vehicles of the stores owners with acid, paint stripper and spray paint.<ref>[http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jul/21/Animal-rights-vandalism-attack-homes/ Animal Liberation Front attacks fur business] "U-T San Diego" 21 July 2013</ref>
*Animal Liberation Front, said they used wire cutters to enter the property of the Ash Grove Pheasant Farm in [[Riverside, California]] to steal and release more than a dozen pheasants being kept in an aviary.  The farm owners claim that they awoke to find one loose pheasant in their yard, and that of the nine birds left in the aviary some had to be euthanized. The owners had previously sold pheasants for hunting, but will stop selling pheasants as a result of this action.<ref>[http://www.pe.com/local-news/riverside-county/riverside/riverside-headlines-index/20130802-riverside-fbi-investigating-pheasant-theft-as-ecoterrorism.ece Riverside: FBI investigating pheasant theft as ecoterrorism] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130824084531/http://www.pe.com/local-news/riverside-county/riverside/riverside-headlines-index/20130802-riverside-fbi-investigating-pheasant-theft-as-ecoterrorism.ece |date=24 August 2013 }} "The Press-Enterprise" 2 August 2013</ref>
*Activists cut holes in a perimeter fence and released 3,600 mink from the Moyle Mink Ranch near [[Declo, Idaho]].  The farmer also claims that breeding papers were thrown into a pile, severely hampering the farms breeding program. The Animal Liberation Front is taking responsibility for the raid.<ref>[http://www.ktvb.com/news/crime/4800-mink-released-at-Idaho-mink-farm-217796881.html 3,600 mink released by activists at Idaho mink farm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130803173057/http://www.ktvb.com/news/crime/4800-mink-released-at-Idaho-mink-farm-217796881.html |date= 3 August 2013 }} "KTVB" 31 July 2013</ref>

;August
*The ALF took credit for gluing locks shut, pouring red paint, and spray-painting the words "Free the Animals" across the patio of the Taco Asylum Restaurant in [[Costa Mesa|Costa Mesa, Ca]].  They claimed to have targeted Taco Asylum for selling the meat of rabbits, ducks, cows, and pigs.<ref>[http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2013/08/animal_liberation_front_vandal.php Animal Liberation Front Vandalizes Taco Asylum Restaurant] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130810235546/http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2013/08/animal_liberation_front_vandal.php |date=10 August 2013 }} 'OC Weekly' 8 August 2013</ref>
*In an anonymous message to ''Bite Back'' magazine, the Animal Liberation Front took credit for vandalizing the truck of Eugen Klein at his [[North Vancouver (district municipality)|North Vancouver]] home, which is also where he runs Capilano Furs & Taxidermy Studios.  The group claims to have: "shot syringes filled with a foul-smelling liquid through the rubber sealing and into his truck".  The vandalism was in response to an article in the ''[[National Post]]'' that featured an interview with Klein.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130817164144/http://www.theprovince.com/news/North+Vancouver+seller+Eugen+Klein+defiant+face+radical+animal+activist+vandalism/8800016/story.html North Vancouver fur seller Eugen Klein defiant in face of 'yellow-bellied cowards'] ''The Province'' 16 August 2013</ref>
*The ALF claimed responsibility for the attempted release of 5 game birds from the [[E. E. Wilson Wildlife Area]] in [[Monmouth, Oregon]].  The activists claimed to have cut open two cages giving the birds a chance to escape into the wild, but according to law enforcement none of the birds left their cages.  In a communique posted on ''Bite Back'' magazine the activists said their efforts to cut more than two cages was thwarted when a car pulled into a parking lot next to the cages, forcing them to make a premature departure.<ref>[http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2013/08/animal_liberation_fronts_attem.html Animal Liberation Front's attempt to release game birds from ODF&W wildlife area doesn't fly] ''The Oregonian'' 16 August 2013</ref><ref>[http://www.directaction.info/news_aug16_13.htm Captive Birds Freed From State Wildlife Area] ''Bite Back'' 16 August 2013</ref>
*ALF members claimed to have glued the front door lock shut and a truck ignition along with spray painting "MEAT IS MURDER" at the Mcnee Meats facility in [[North Branch, Michigan]].  They also claimed to have released cows, destroyed light fixtures and smashed chicken cages at the facility.  This company had previously been linked to an E. coli contamination in 2011.<ref>[http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2013/08/animal_rights_group_claims_res.html  8 comments Animal rights group claims responsibility for vandalism at Lapeer County meat facility] ''M Live'' 28 August 2013</ref>
*The ALF took credit for the release of approximately 420 mink and 75 fox from the Bollert Fur Farm in [[Renton, Ontario]].  According to a spokesperson for the Fur Council of Canada most of the animals were recovered and returned to their cages, but 15 mink remained unaccounted for along with 20 fox.  Two weeks earlier, a similar release occurred at the East Fork Mink Ranch in [[Morris, Illinois]], where 2,000 mink were released and words "Liberation is love" was painted on a barn. No one has taken responsibility for the Illinois break-in.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/canada/archives/2013/08/20130829-202023.html |title=Search continues for 'liberated' mink, fox from fur farm |publisher=Sun News Network |date=29 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831033435/http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/canada/archives/2013/08/20130829-202023.html |archivedate=31 August 2013 }}</ref>

;October
*Between July and October 2013 animal rights activists claimed responsibility for late night raids on fur farms in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Utah, Iowa, and 4 other states resulting in the release of over 7,700 mink.  That is more raids than in the preceding three years combined.  At least 3 of these raids were claimed by the ALF.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/17/us/raids-to-free-minks-up-ante-on-animal-rights.html?_r=0 Raids to Free Minks Up Ante on Animal Rights] "The New York Times" 16 October 2013</ref>

== 2014 ==
;January
*A McDonald's franchise was vandalized in [[Jaffa]].  "ALF" was found spray painted in red on the windows of the franchise.<ref>[http://www.jpost.com/National-News/McDonalds-in-Jaffa-defaced-by-animal-rights-graffiti-338858 McDonald's in Jaffa defaced by animal rights graffiti] ''The Jerusalem Post'' 01/21/2014</ref>

;February
*A KFC restaurant in [[Upper Hutt|Upper Hutt, New Zealand]] was damaged after someone set fire to the rear of the building.<ref>[http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/hutt-valley/9695241/Upper-Hutt-KFC-damaged-by-fire Upper Hutt KFC damaged by fire] ''The Dominion Post'' 2 February 2014</ref> In an email to ''Bite Back'' magazine the ALF took responsibility for the blaze.<ref>[http://directaction.info/news_feb10_14.htm KFC DAMAGED IN FIRE] ''Bite Back'' 10 February 2014</ref>

;March
*In an email from ''Bite Back'' magazine and the Animal Liberation Front claimed to have destroyed breeding records at the Fraser Fur Farm in [[Ronan, MT]].  The farm raises bobcats for fur.  The activists claimed they destroyed the breeding records "to ensure the loss of irreplaceable genetic lines, rendering the breeding stock of a given fur-producing business lost." However the activists attempt to free the captive bobcats was thwarted when residents awoke to chase the activists off the property.<ref>[http://leaderadvertiser.com/news/article_bba444d4-b53c-11e3-902f-001a4bcf887a.html  Activists target Ronan fur farm] ''Lake County Leader'' 27 March 2014</ref>

;May
*The ALF took credit for the liberation of approximately 35 pheasants from a game bird farm in [[Gervais, Oregon]].  According to the farm owners the birds released were part of the brooding stock and the loss of profits is estimated in the thousands of dollars.<ref>[http://www.pamplinmedia.com/wbi/152-news/222254-83613-suspects-sought-in-bird-farm-break-in Suspects sought in bird farm break-in] ''Woodburn Independent'' 28 May 2014</ref>

;July
*Vandals affiliated with the Animal Liberation Front took credit for pouring bleach and "chemical abrasives" into the fuel tanks of mobile slaughter units owned by two meat processing companies in the state of Washington.  The owner of one of the slaughter trucks in [[Battle Ground, Washington]], said he noticed the damage to his truck when it started smoking and running terribly.  This most recent vandalism brings to four the number of mobile slaughter units hit in the Northwest in the past month.  In June, two trucks owned by slaughter companies were similarly damaged in [[Stayton, Oregon]], and [[Hillsboro, Oregon]].<ref>[http://www.capitalpress.com/Livestock/20140716/two-more-mobile-slaughter-units-vandalized Two more mobile slaughter units vandalized] ''Capital Press'' 16 July 2014</ref>

;September
*The Animal Liberation Front said in a written release sent to news organizations that it had released 30 foxes from an Iowa farm that raises foxes for fur.  The owner of the farm said the group had only managed to destroy property, including stripping away much of the farm's fencing, but that none of the foxes ended up escaping.<ref>[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/sep/27/activist-group-says-it-broke-into-iowa-fox-farm/ Activist group says it broke into Iowa fox farm] ''Washington Times'' 27 September 2014</ref>

;December
*A fire ripped through the Oberon Abattoir in [[New South Wales]].  Firefighters arrived to find the abattoir's main building, and gas main alight<ref>[http://www.oberonreview.com.au/story/2738683/oberon-abattoir-blaze-is-suspicious-police-confirm/?cs=1495#slide=2 Police investigate Oberon Abattoir fire] ''Oberon Review'' 3 Dec. 2014</ref> The ALF later took credit for the fire.<ref>[http://directaction.info/news_dec27_14.htm ALF ARSON ATTACK ON SLAUGHTERHOUSE] ''Bite Back'' 27 December 2014</ref>

== 2015 ==
;March
*A KFC in [[Reno, Nevada]] had a window smashed out and a Molotov cocktail thrown inside, causing minor damages to the interior of the building.  The letters "ALF" were found spray-painted across the drive-thru menu.<ref>[http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/FBI-Investigating-Damage-at-Reno-KFC-295661461.html KFC Back Open After FBI Investigation into Damage] ''KOLO TV'' 10 Mar 2015</ref>
*50 pheasants were released from a game-bird breeder in [[Beavercreek, Oregon]] after unknown persons cut the lock to the door on one of four bird pens on the property.  The Animal Liberation Front claimed responsibility for the release in an anonymous statement saying "These birds were bred, among other reasons, to suffer and die in pre-orchestrated canned hunts; a practice which represents the height of human arrogance and disregard towards animal life,".  According to the [[Clackamas County Sheriff's Office]] this farm is one of four similar types of businesses in [[Clackamas County, Oregon|Clackamas County]] to have been struck by the group in recent years.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150416020711/http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/255775-126185-fbi-ccso-investigate-eco-terrorists-at-beavercreek-farm FBI, CCSO investigate 'eco-terrorists' at Beavercreek farm] ''Portland Tribune'', 2 April 2015</ref>
;June
*Fire was set to 2 trucks belonging to Harlan Laboratory in [[Mississauga, ON]]. In an anonymous email the ALF claimed to have planted incendiary devices beneath the trucks in an effort to "eliminate this...company's means of transportation, to disrupt the systematic torture and murder of innocent animals, and to cause as much monetary damage as possible."  Harlan is owned by Huntingdon Life Sciences a popular target of animal rights campaigners.  The group accuses Harlan of supplying animals and feed for vivisection.<ref>[http://www.mississauga.com/news-story/5666768-updated-animal-rights-group-claims-responsibility-for-blaze-that-destroyed-two-trucks-in-west-missi/ UPDATED: Animal rights group claims responsibility for blaze that destroyed two trucks in west Mississauga] ''Mississauga News'' 8 Jun 2015</ref>
;July
*6,800 mink were released from four separate sheds at RBR Fur Farms Inc. near the town of [[St. Marys, Ontario|St. Marys]].  This was the second mink release in the [[Perth County, Ontario|Perth County]] area since May 2015.  The Animal Liberation Front took responsibility for an earlier incident at the neighbouring Glenwood Fur Farm that involved the release of about 1,600 mink.  Will Hazlitt, a press officer with NAALPO, said he suspects activists who wanted to make a case against the fur industry through "economic sabotage" were responsible for the most recent break-in.<ref>[http://www.bramptonguardian.com/news-story/5716065-ontario-mink-farmers-rattled-after-break-ins/ Ontario mink farmers rattled after break-ins] ''Brampton Guardian'' 9 Jul 2015</ref>
;August
*Animal protectors entered a fur farm near [[Jindřichův Hradec]] spraying mink with pink dye in order to makes their fur useless.  Officials claimed that 13 of the mink died as a result of "stress" presumably caused by the intrusion. The inscription "ALF" was sprayed on the farm fence, which is the acronym for the Animal Liberation Front.<ref>[http://www.praguepost.com/czech-news/49336-animal-protectors-kill-13-mink Animal ‘protectors’ kill 13 mink] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929120340/http://www.praguepost.com/czech-news/49336-animal-protectors-kill-13-mink |date=29 September 2015 }} ''Prague Post'' 17 August 2015</ref>
;September
*Animal rights activists attempting to thwart a pheasant hunt cut open a holding pen at E.E. Wilson Wildlife Management Area, but state game officials say only a handful of birds escaped.  The wildlife area's manager discovered a hole had been cut in the mesh surrounding one of the pens, allowing about 15 of the birds to get loose.  In a statement posted online, activists associated with the Animal Liberation Front claimed to have hiked through the woods to reach the holding pen and used aviation snips to cut a hole in the mesh in order to "spare these animals from an almost certain death at the hands of hunters."<ref>[http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/activists-target-e-e-wilson-bird-pens/article_dd4b0bd5-4349-536e-966a-4ac54891fa7b.html Activists target E.E. Wilson bird pens] ''Corvallis Gazette-Times'' 18 September 2015</ref>
;December
*The ALF took credit for an arson fire that burned down a clubhouse operated by the Fox Terrier Association in Germany.  This arson came after an incident in June when the ALF released several foxes from an enclosure on the club ground.<ref>http://www.hildesheimer-allgemeine.de/news/article/meterhohe-stichflamme-brand-am-brockenblick.html ''Hildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung'' December, 2015</ref>

== 2016 ==
;August
*The ALF took credit for another arson fire that burned down the residency of a farmer in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. This came after the farmer had been convicted twice of lack of care to his animals, resulting in dozens of farm animals starving to death in horrific conditions.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

==See also==
*[[Animal Liberation Front Supporters Group]]
*[[Animal Liberation Press Office]]
*''[[Bite Back]]''
*''[[Behind the Mask (2006 film)|Behind the Mask]]''

==References==
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<ref name="splc">{{Cite web|url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2015/eco-violence-record|title=Eco-Violence: The Record|website=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]]|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523105514/https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2015/eco-violence-record|archivedate=23 May 2020}}</ref>
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==Further reading==
* [[Keith Mann|Mann, Keith]], (2007) ''From Dusk 'til Dawn: An Insider's View of the Growth of the Animal Liberation Movement'' (2007), {{ISBN|0955585007}}
* [[Ingrid Newkirk|Newkirk, Ingrid]], (2000) ''Free the Animals: The Story of the Animal Liberation Front'', Lantern Books, {{ISBN|1-930051-22-0}}
* [[Peter Daniel Young|Young, Peter Daniel]], (2010) ''Animal Liberation Front: Complete Diary of Actions, The First 30 Years'', {{ISBN|978-0-9842844-0-5}}
* {{cite book |editor-last=Young|editor-first= Peter |date=2022 |title=Animal Liberation Front (A.L.F.): Complete Diary Of Actions - 40+ Year Timeline Of The A.L.F., And The Militant Animal Rights Movement |url= |location= |publisher=Warcry Communications |isbn=978-1957452005}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.directaction.info/news.htm Diary of Actions] ''Bite Back''
*[https://animalliberationpressoffice.org/NAALPO/ North American Animal Liberation Press Office]
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